Kalah

Kalah is a two-player board game in the Mancala family. It is typically played on a rectangular board with two rows of six pits and two larger pits at the ends of each row, which serve as stores. The game is a modern commercial variant of traditional African mancala games and has been widely distributed in toy and game catalogs since the mid-20th century.

Setup: Each of the six pits on both sides starts with an equal number of seeds, commonly four. Both stores begin empty.

Play: Players take turns. On a turn, a player selects a pit on their own side that contains seeds and removes all of them. The seeds are then sown one by one in the pits moving counterclockwise around the board, including the player's own store but skipping the opponent's store. If the last seed lands in the player's store, the player earns another turn. If the last seed lands in an empty pit on the player's side and the opposite pit contains seeds, the player captures all seeds from the opposite pit plus the last seed and places them in their store.

End and victory: The game ends when one side's pits are all empty. Any seeds remaining on the other side are moved to that player's store. The winner is the player with more seeds in their store, with draws possible.

Variations: Rules can differ in the number of pits, seeds, or capture conditions. Kalah also serves as a generic term for several mancala variants in different regions.