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Sow & Capture

Mancala

Four ancient sowing games in one — Kalah, Oware, Congkak & Bao. 2 players.

Mancala game artwork

How to play

Scoop up a pit of seeds and sow them one by one around a wooden board of hollows, racing to capture more than your opponent. Each variant captures a different way — the quick Kalah, the deep West-African Oware, the chain-sowing Malay Congkak, and the mighty East-African Bao — all built on the same simple, tactile scoop-and-sow motion. No dice, nothing hidden: pure strategy.

Read the complete Mancala rules

Features

  • Four variants in one — Kalah, Oware, Congkak & Bao la Kujifunza
  • 10 AI difficulty levels — casual sower to master strategist
  • Online 2-player (Kalah ranked) plus offline pass-and-play
  • 20 Solo Challenges spread across all four variants
  • Calm, flat wooden board in Day and Night themes, with a kalimba heritage soundtrack

Mancala guides