The Daily Mancala challenge for September 22, 2026: same opponent, same starting side, for every player in the world.
Tuesday stays friendly — a good day to work on setting up your first deliberate captures.
Challenge #53 arrives with September 22, 2026's date stamp. Whatever score you post here, a friend on the other side of the world chased the same one.
The computer sows the opening move on this board. 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.
The easy opponent plays fast and forgiving; it is the right day to practice stringing store landings together.
The archive holds 52 earlier boards. New to Kalah? Learn the rules step by step; veterans can study opening strategy instead.