Kalah
35Playhop rating
About game
Explore the captivating world of Kalah, an ancient board game rooted in African culture.
This is a strategic game where each move is significant. Challenge the AI with various difficulty levels. Collect seeds, plan your actions, outsmart your opponent, and claim victory.
Kalah helps develop logical thinking, concentration, planning, and strategy. It's suitable for both novices and Mancala enthusiasts.
The game boasts minimalistic design, user-friendly controls, and straightforward rules — perfect for short gaming moments and relaxed intellectual battles.
How to play
In our version of this classic board game, players compete against an intelligent computer opponent. The game board features 12 smaller spaces for holding pieces – with 6 on each side – along with two larger areas called «Kalahs» which are used for storing the game pieces. At the start of the game, each of the 12 small spaces has 6 pieces in it. During a turn, players must select one of their smaller spaces, take all the pieces from it and then place them in other open spaces – including their own «Kalah» space but not the opponent's «Kalah». If the last piece ends up in your «Kalah», you get an extra move. If placing the last piece into an empty space on your side results in there being pieces in the corresponding space on the opponent’s side, then those pieces are captured and moved to your «Kalah.» The game concludes when all the smaller spaces on one side of the board become empty. Any remaining pieces on the other side are then moved to their owner's «Kalah." Victory goes to the player who has the most pieces in their «Kalah" at the end of the game. If both players have the same number of pieces, the game ends in a tie.Game info
Age rating
0+
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Authorization support
Yes
Localization
Chinese, Turkish, Russian, Kazakh, English, German, Belarusian
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Cloud saves
Yes
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Players say
Kalaha is called an interesting game
Users note high-quality artificial intelligence
The game evokes positive emotions
It is recommended to take it
Kalaha is compared to other popular games in a favorable light
Players find the game relaxing