Play Mangala

Sow stones pit by pit, then raid your rival’s treasure with the last one.

How many players

Played by 1 or 2: solo against the computer, or online against another player.

Online: create a room and send the link to a friend, or get matched with a random opponent. If nobody shows up, we offer a clearly labeled computer opponent.

Goal: When the game ends, whoever has more stones in their store wins.

Each player has 6 pits and 1 store. Every pit starts with 4 stones, 48 in total.
Your turn: tap one of your pits to scoop up all its stones.
Drop the first stone back into the same pit, then one by one into the pits that follow.
Your own store gets a stone along the way; your opponent’s store is skipped.
If your last stone lands in your store, you go again.

If a pit has a single stone, it moves straight into the next pit.
If your last stone makes an opponent pit even, you take that whole pit into your store.
If your last stone lands in one of your empty pits and the opponent pit across has stones, you take that stone and everything across.
The game ends when one side’s pits are all empty. The stones left on the other side go to the store of the player who emptied their pits.
Biggest store wins; 24-24 is a draw.
Bot levels: Easy plays mostly at random. Medium is greedy: it grabs a free turn first, otherwise the biggest haul. Hard looks many moves ahead.

Touch: Tap a pit with stones on your side.
Keyboard: Keys 1–6 pick your pits in sowing order (6 is the one right before your store). In solo play, Enter starts a new round once one ends.

You have 60 seconds per move; run out and you lose.
If you disconnect, you have 60 seconds to come back or your opponent wins. Leaving the game also hands them the win.
A rematch needs both of you to say yes; the first move switches sides in the rematch.

If a pit has exactly enough stones to reach your store, play it first: free turn.
An empty pit of yours facing a full one is a trap waiting to spring.

Four Stones: Line up four stones across, down or diagonally. First to four takes it.
Vanishing XOX: You only get 3 marks. Place a new one and your oldest vanishes.
Admiral Down: Hide your ships and send your rival's fleet to the bottom before they get yours.
Backgammon: Your dice, your tactics. Bear off first and gammon them before they gammon you.
Turkish Checkers: Pieces move forward and sideways, and capturing is a must. Crown a king and sweep the board.
Nine Stones: Line up three, steal a stone. Whoever drops to two is out.