Mancala Roguelike

Sow seeds the old way, but bank past a rising target each round and pour your harvest into permanent pit upgrades that compound for the whole run.

How to play

Lift the seeds from one of your pits and sow them one at a time around the board. Bank enough in your store to beat the round's target, then draft a pit modifier between rounds that sticks for the rest of the run.

• Last seed landing in your store earns an extra move — chain them.
• Last seed in an empty pit captures the seeds opposite into your store.
• When every pit empties, the round ends; clear the target to advance.
• Spend banked seeds on permanent pit relics: doublers, springs, and magnets that stack.

Game modes

• Daily: one seeded eight-round run shared by everyone that day.
• Endless: a fresh random board that keeps raising the target until you fall short.

Controls

• Desktop: click one of your pits to sow it.
• Phone & tablet: tap a pit to sow — the whole game is tap-driven.

Tips & strategy

• Set up extra-move chains into the store before going for a big capture.
• Buy a doubler on a pit you sow often so the bonus compounds every round.
• Empty a pit deliberately to trigger a capture of the loaded pit across from it.

About Mancala Roguelike

Mancala Roguelike reimagines the traditional seed-sowing board game as a run-based roguelike, layering escalating targets and permanent upgrade drafts onto a classic count-and-capture loop. It is an original, free browser game on PlayPendium.

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