Facts about Kalaha

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   Capture mechanics in Kalaha allow a player to take all seeds from the opposite pit when landing in an empty pit on their own side.

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   The rules of Kalaha allow a player to earn an extra turn by landing the last seed of a sowing move into their own store pit.

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   Solved computationally, Kalaha with six pits per side and four seeds each is a first-player win with perfect play.

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   In Kalaha, a player who captures all remaining seeds on their turn when the opponent's side is empty wins the game by counting total seeds in each store.

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   Kalaha was invented by William Julius Champion Jr. in 1940 and later commercialized as a modern board game version of the ancient mancala family.

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   A mancala-type board game, Kalaha is played with seeds or stones distributed across a row of pits on each player's side plus a large store pit called a kalaha.

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