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Round 1 of 16

The Board & The Goal

📋 What it is

Mancala uses two rows of pits plus two stores; you win by collecting the most seeds in your store.

🗣️ Coach says

Mancala is a "sowing" game: a board of small pits (usually two rows of six) with a big store at each end. You start with a few seeds in each pit and the goal is simple — end the game with more seeds captured in YOUR store than your opponent has in theirs.

🧠 Memory hook

Two rows of pits, two stores. Most seeds in your store wins.

😂 Giggle

Why is Oware the most patient game?
Because good players always plan to sow before they reap!

😲 Whoa!

Mancala is one of the oldest game families on Earth — versions have been played across Africa and Asia for over a thousand years, sometimes with real seeds or shells in holes dug in the ground.

✅ Quick check: How do you win a game of mancala?

Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.

🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)

Draw two rows of six pits with a store at each end and place a few seeds (or coins) in each pit.

⭐ Do the round to earn your star →
🤸 Brain break: Row-count: tap along two rows of six spots — the mancala board.