The Daily Mancala challenge for September 21, 2026: same opponent, same starting side, for every player in the world.
Monday opens the week gently: a relaxed opponent that lets you practice extra-turn openings.
This is the September 21, 2026 edition — challenge #52 since launch. The setup is fixed for the whole world, which keeps bragging rights honest.
You take the opening turn on this date. On this 48-stone deal, exactly one of the six opening sows (pit 3) lands its last stone in the store for a free extra turn, and none of them exposes an immediate capture in reply, so the first exchange is about tempo rather than traps.
At the easy setting the engine searches shallow lines, so extra-turn chains you build will usually survive to pay off.
The archive holds 51 earlier boards. Sharpen your opening lines with the strategy guide, then browse the full calendar for any daily you missed.