Opening Plans
📋 What it is
A good opening keeps seeds flexible, aims for early captures or extra turns, and avoids feeding the enemy.
🗣️ Coach says
The first moves matter. Strong openings look for a move whose last seed lands in your STORE (earning an extra turn) or sets up an early capture, while avoiding moves that dump lots of seeds onto the opponent's side. Getting an extra turn early can snowball into a lead.
🧠 Memory hook
Aim early moves at your store (extra turn!) or a capture; don't feed the enemy for free.
😂 Giggle
Why did the two seeds throw a party in the opponent's pit?
Because a landing that makes exactly two means capture time!
😲 Whoa!
In Kalah, landing your last seed in your own store earns an EXTRA turn — chaining several extra-turn moves at the start can build a big early lead.
✅ Quick check: What is one good goal for an opening move?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
To land your last seed in your own store (earning an extra turn) or to set up an early capture — while not handing the opponent lots of seeds.
Extra turns and early captures build an opening advantage.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Find an opening move whose last seed lands in your store, take the extra turn, and repeat if you can.