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Seed Bowl — Mancala Online (Kalah)

by crokocat · Board
Plays on
Desktop · Phone · Tablet
Price
Free · no download · no sign-up

Seed Bowl is mancala on a wooden board with glassy seeds: pick up a pit, sow the seeds one by one around the board and fill your store. End in your store to go again, land in an empty pit to capture across — and have the most seeds when a side runs out.

Seed Bowl is mancala on a wooden board with glassy seeds. Mancala is a whole family of sowing games played around the world — Oware in West Africa, Congklak in Indonesia, Sungka in the Philippines — and Seed Bowl plays Kalah, the version most people mean when they say mancala. Pick up a pit, sow its seeds one by one around the board and fill your store.

The rules are classic Kalah: six pits and a store for each player, seeds sown counter-clockwise, and the other player's store skipped. If your last seed lands in your own store you go again; if it lands in an empty pit on your side, you capture it together with the seeds in the pit across. When one side's pits are empty, the other side stores what it has left and the game ends — most seeds wins.

Counting is everything. A pit with exactly as many seeds as steps to your store gives a free turn, and it is best to play free turns from the pit nearest your store first. Keep an empty pit ready opposite a full one of theirs, don't leave a big pile across from one of their empty pits, and near the end keep seeds on your side to win the final sweep.

The computer looks further ahead every few levels, and the very first game has a coach pointing at good pits, so it is an easy way to learn mancala from scratch. In 2 players mode you play a friend on one screen, taking turns.

Seed Bowl is free on crokocat and plays in the browser on desktop, phone and tablet with no download — click or tap a pit to sow. It is one of the oldest board games in the world, and still one of the best quick strategy games for two.

How to play Seed Bowl

Get the most seeds into your store:

Desktop: Click a pit.
Mobile: Tap a pit.

Game modes

ModeWhat changesWho it's for
LevelsWin against the computer; it looks further ahead as you climb.Anyone who likes a calm strategy game.
2 playersTwo people on one screen, taking turns.Friends and family.

Tips for Seed Bowl

Who made Seed Bowl?

Seed Bowl was built by crokocat game studio in 2026 — the classic Kalah mancala with a searching computer and a friendly coach.

About this game

Controls
Tap one of your pits to sow its seeds.
Supported devices
desktop, phone, tablet
Developer
crokocat
Genre
Board
Release date
September 2026
Latest update
September 2026

Related categories

boardmancalastrategyclassic

Frequently asked questions

Is Seed Bowl free to play?

Yes. Seed Bowl is free on crokocat with no download and no sign-up — it runs in your browser on desktop, phone and tablet.

Is Seed Bowl the same as Oware or Congklak?

They are all mancala games, but the rules differ. Oware has no stores in the row and captures by count; Congklak has seven pits per side. Seed Bowl plays Kalah: six pits and a store each, an extra turn in your store and captures from an empty pit.

Is Seed Bowl the same as mancala or Kalah?

Yes. Mancala is the family of sowing games, and Seed Bowl plays Kalah, its best-known version: six pits and a store each, an extra turn when you end in your store, and captures from an empty pit.

Which mancala rules does it use?

Kalah: 6 pits and a store each, extra turn in your store, capture from an empty pit of yours.

How do I get another turn?

Make the last seed land in your store.

How does capturing work?

If the last seed lands in an empty pit on your side and the pit across has seeds, you take both into your store.

Can I play with a friend?

Yes — choose 2 players and take turns on one screen.

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