Kalaha
A classic seed-sowing game for two: fill your store before your opponent. 2 players
How to play Kalaha
Goal
Get more seeds into your store than your opponent. Your store is the big pit on your right.
Step by step
- Each pit starts with the same number of seeds (3 to 6, you choose). The stores start empty.
- On your turn, pick one of your own pits that has seeds and take them all.
- Sow them one at a time into the next pits, counter-clockwise. You skip your opponent's store.
- If your last seed lands in your own store, you go again.
- If your last seed lands in an empty pit on your side, you capture it plus any seeds in the pit opposite.
- When one side runs out of seeds, the game ends. Each player banks the seeds left on their own side.
How to win
The player with the most seeds in their store wins. Equal stores is a draw.
Tips
- Count your seeds: a pit that ends exactly in your store gives you a free extra turn.
- Watch for empty pits on your side across from a full pit – that's a big capture.