About Mancala
Mancala is one of the world’s oldest board games. Our version is Kalah, the best-known game in the big mancala family. The board has six pits on each side and a large store at each end. On GameBase the iPad lies between you, and each player has their own side with their name facing them.
You pick up all the stones from one of your pits and drop them one at a time, anticlockwise. If the last stone lands in your store, you get an extra turn, and if it lands in an empty pit on your side, you capture the stones opposite. The rules are simple, but there’s plenty of strategy.
How to play
- Choose 4 or 6 stones per pit and enter your names.
- Tap one of your pits. The stones are dropped one at a time anticlockwise, skipping your opponent’s store.
- If the last stone lands in your store, you get another turn. If it lands in an empty pit on your side, you capture the stones opposite.
- When one side is empty, the game is over. Each player gets the stones on their side, and the most stones in the store wins.