Game A game is a structured form of play (activity), play, usually undertaken for enjoyment, entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator s ...

s in the mancala family include:

Popular games

The most widely played games are probably: *

Bao Baozi (), Pao-tsih or bao, is a type of yeast-leavened filled bun in various Chinese cuisines. There are many variations in fillings (meat or vegetarian) and preparations, though the buns are most often steamed. They are a variation of '' man ...

is a complex strategy game of Kenya and Zanzibar, played on a 4×8 board. * Kalah is the ruleset usually included with commercially available boards; however, the game is heavily biased towards the first player, and it is often considered a children's game. The board is 2×6 with stores. The Pie rule can be used to balance the first-player's advantage. * Oware, the national game of Ghana, is also known by Warri,Henry R. Muller, ''Warri: A West African Game of Skill'', The Journal of American Folklore. Vol. 43, No. 169. pp. 313-316. Ayo (Yoruba Name. Nigeria), Awele, Awari, Ouril, and other names. It has relatively simple rules but considerable strategic depth. The board is 2×6 (not counting optional stores). * Omweso (also known as ''coro'') is a strategic game of Uganda, played on a 4×8 board. * Pallanguzhi is played in Tamil nadu, Southern India with 2 x 7 stores. Two varieties of this game are popular, Kaashi and Bank.

Games with unusual features

* Bohnenspiel is a German mancala based on a Persian game not unlike some African mancala variants. The board is 2×6 with 2 stores. *

ǁHus Owela, also referred to by the Khoekhoe language loanword hus, () is the Oshiwambo name of a traditional mancala board game played by the Nama people, Herero people, Rukwangali speakers, and other ethnic groups from Namibia (and its Southern Af ...

is a Namibian game. The board is 4×8.

Modern adaptations

* Bantumi, featured on many early Nokia phones such as the Nokia 3310 *

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(Martin Franke; Germany) *

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(Arthur Amberstone and Wald Amberstone; United States: New York) *

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, where you try to save the world by jamming taffy machines. (James Ernest and

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; United States: Seattle, Washington) *

Oh-Wah-Ree ''Oh-Wah-Ree'' is a mancala variant - a strategy board game designed by Alex Randolph and published in 1962 by 3M as part of their 3M bookshelf game series, bookshelf game line. The name "Oh-Wah-Ree" is taken from ''Oware'', a typical West African g ...

is a commercial variant of Oware with provision for more than two players. * 55Stones is a modern mancala game with simultaneous moves. * Kauri is a modern mancala game with two kinds of seeds. * Mangala (Serdar Asaf Ceyhan; Turkey) *

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is a modern boardgame with mancala mechanic. * Trajan is a modern boardgame variant with mancala mechanic. * Five Tribes is a modern boardgame variant with mancala mechanic.

Traditional variants

* Abangah (the Azande of

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) The board is 2×8 with stores. * Adji-boto (

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) * Agsinnoninka ( Philippines) *

Alemungula Alemungula is a traditional mancala game played by the people living along the border of Ethiopia and Sudan. The name "Alemungula" is specifically used by the Wataweat people of the Asosa- Beni Sangul area, while essentially the same game is called ...

( Ethiopia and

) *

Ali Guli Mane ''Ali Guli Mane'' (Kannada: ಅಳಿ ಗುಳಿ ಮಣೆ Tulu: ''ಚೆನ್ನೆಮಣೆ'') is an abstract strategy board game of the mancala family, from Karnataka in South India. It is known as Chenne Mane in Tulunaadu (Coastal Karnata ...

(India— Karnataka) *

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) *

Anywoli Anywoli is a traditional mancala game played by the Anuak people of the Gambela province, in Ethiopia, as well as in the Akobo, Pochalla and Jokau regions of Sudan. The name of the game means "bringing to life" ("giving birth"). Anywoli has si ...

( Ethiopia,

) * Aw-li On-nam Ot-tjin ( Borneo) * Aweet (

, Namibia) * Ayoayo (

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of Nigeria) *

Ba-awa Ba-awa is a variant of the game of mancala originating in Ghana. Although played in some of the same regions as Oware, it is simpler and in traditional societies is considered a game for women and children. Ba-awa is related to games j'erin an ...

(Ghana) The board is 2×6 with stores. * Bajangkaq (

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) * Bāqūra ( Mesopotamia) *

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( Cambodia) * Bau (the Wa Chaga) * Beatta ( Tayma) * Bohnenspiel ( Germany) *

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(In Tulu language, South India) * Chisolo ( Zambia) * Chonka (Borneo) * Chongka, or Tchonka (

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) *

Choro ''Choro'' (, "cry" or "lament"), also popularly called ''chorinho'' ("little cry" or "little lament"), is an instrumental Brazilian popular music genre which originated in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Despite its name, the music often has a ...

* Chuncajon ( Philippines) Stewart Culin, '' Philippine Games'', American Anthropologist, Vol. 2, No. 4. (Oct-Dec 1900), pp. 643-656. * Congkak ( Indonesia, Malaysia) The board is 2×7 with stores. *

Coro Coro or CORO may refer to: Entertainment * ''Coro'' (Berio), a composition by Luciano Berio * Coro (music), Italian for choir * Coro TV, Venezuelan community television channel * Omweso (Coro), mancala game played in the Lango region of Uganda * ...

( Lango region of Uganda) * Dakon ( Java island of Indonesia) * Dara-dara ( Indonesia—

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) *

Daramutu Daramutu is a traditional mancala game from Sri Lanka. It was first described in 1909 by the British engineer Henry Parker in his book '' Ancient Ceylon'' (1909). Traditionally, the game is only played by women. Rules The game's board (termed '' ...

(

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

) * Ellaewala-kanda (

) *

El Arnab El Arnab is a traditional Arab solitaire based on the general equipment and gameplay of mancala games. It is played by the Kababish The Kababish () are a nomadic tribe of the northern Kordofan region of Sudan. The Kababish comprise about 19 diff ...

(

Kababish The Kababish () are a nomadic tribe of the northern Kordofan region of Sudan. The Kababish comprise about 19 different groups, which are all led by a single ''nazir'' or chief. Their main occupation is as camel herders, which gives them a high sta ...

) *

En Gehé En Gehé is a traditional mancala game played by the Loitha and Kisonga Maasai people, Maasai groups of northern Tanzania. The game was first described in 1904 by a German soldier, Moritz Merker, who was serving in the Kaiserlichen Schutztruppe in G ...

(

Maasai Maasai may refer to: * Maasai people *Maasai language * Maasai mythology * MAASAI (band) See also * Masai (disambiguation) * Massai Massai (also known as: Masai, Massey, Massi, Mah–sii, Massa, Wasse, Wassil or by the nickname "Big Foot" Mas ...

of Tanzania) *

Endodoi Endodoi is a traditional mancala game played by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania. It is very close to the Ayoayo game of the Yoruba people of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeer ...

(

of Kenya and Tanzania) *

Enkeshui Enkeshui (or Engesho) is a traditional mancala game played by the Maasai of both Kenya and Tanzania. It is a rather complex mancala game, and bears some similarities to the Layli Goobalay mancala played in Somaliland. Rules Equipment and gameset ...

(

of Kenya and Tanzania) *

Eson xorgol Oware is an abstract strategy game among the mancala family of board games (pit and pebble games) played worldwide with slight variations as to the layout of the game, number of players and strategy of play. Its origin is uncertain but it is wid ...

(Kazakhs of Western Mongolia) * Gabata ( Ethiopia) * Galatjang (

) *

Giuthi ''Giuthi'' is a game played by the Kikuyu Kikuyu or Gikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) mostly refers to an ethnic group in Kenya or its associated language. It may also refer to: *Kikuyu people, a majority ethnic group in Kenya *Kikuyu language, the language of Ki ...

(

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of Kenya) * Göçürme ( Turkey) * Halusa ( Mesopotamia) *

Hawalis Hawalis is a traditional mancala game played in Oman as well as Zanzibar, where it is known as Bao la Kiarabu, with slightly different rules. It is closely related to African mancalas such as Bao (Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya), Njomba (Mozambique and M ...

( Oman) *

Hoyito Hoyito (also known as El Hoyito, Casitas or Mate) is a traditional mancala game played in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antil ...

( Dominican Republic) *

Igisoro Igisoro is a two-player game of the mancala family. It is a variant of the Omweso game of the Baganda people (Uganda), and it is played primarily in Burundi and Rwanda. Igisoro, like Omweso and other mancalas from Eastern Africa such as Bao (game) ...

(

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) * Ingilith (the Turkana of Kenya) * Isafu * Isafuba *

Isolo Isolo (also known as Isumbi) is a traditional mancala game played by the Sukuma people in northern Tanzania. The rules of the game come in three variants, respectively for women, boys and men. Equipment The board used to play Isolo (also known as ...

( Sukuma of Tanzania) *

J'erin Je'rin, also known as jérin-jérin and Ayo, is a mancala game which is very similar to Ba-awa. It is played by Yoruba people The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. Th ...

( Nigeria) *

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(

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) *

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( Gabon) * Kaloleh (

) * Kapo ( Senegal) * Kanji guti ( India— Odisha) * Katro ( Betsileo of Madagascar) * Khutka boia ( India— Punjab) *

Kiela Kiela is a traditional mancala (board game) played by the Kimbundu people in northern Angola, who describe it as "a game of peace". A national tournament of Kiela is held every year in Angola since 1999. The game is similar to the ugandan mancala Om ...

( Angola) *

Kiothi Kiothi is a traditional mancala game played by the Meru people in Kenya. The word "kiothi" simply means "to place" (i.e., placing the seeds in the pits). This mancala is closely related to the Enkeshui and the Giuthi mancalas, respectively played ...

(

Meru Meru may refer to: Geography Kenya * Meru, Kenya, a city in Meru County, Kenya ** Meru County, created by the merger of *** Meru Central District *** Meru North District *** Meru South District * Meru National Park, a Kenyan wildlife park Tanza ...

of Kenya) *

Kisolo Kisolo (also spelled Chisolo) is a traditional mancala game played by the Luba, Lulua and Songye peoples of DR Congo and Zimbabwe. It is closely related to other East African mancalas such as Bao, Bao Kiarabu, Coro and Isolo Isolo (also known as ...

(also spelled Chisolo) (

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and Zimbabwe) * Kotu-baendum (

) *

Kombe Kombe may refer to: *Kombe people *Kombe language *Kombe (Lycia), an ancient city * Kömbe, a baked filled pastry of Turkey and Azerbaijan People with the surname * Paulin Tokala Kombe (born 1977), DR Congolese football player * Saviour Kombe (bor ...

( Kenya) * Köçürme ( Kırgızistan) *

Krur Krur (also spelled Crur) is a traditional mancala game played by the Hassaniya people in western Sahara, along the border of Nigeria and Mauritania, in southern Morocco, in Algeria, in northern Senegal, in Mali and in Niger. It is a children' ...

( Hassaniya of Western Sahara) * KubuguzaAlan P. Merriam, ''The Game of Kubuguza Among the Abatutsi of North-East Ruanda''. Man, Vol. 53. (November 1953), pp. 169-172. * La'b Madjnuni (

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) *

La'b Hakimi La'b Hakimi (''Rational game''), also known as La'b Akili (''Intelligent Game''), is a mancala game played in Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الج ...

, or

La'b Akila La'b Hakimi (''Rational game''), also known as La'b Akili (''Intelligent Game''), is a mancala game played in Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الج ...

(

) *

La'b Roseya La'b Madjnuni, also known as Crazy Game, is a mancala game played in Damascus (Syria) in the late 19th century. Rules{{cite web , url=http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Culin/Mancla1894/index.html , title=Mancala, The National Game o ...

(

) *

Lamlameta {{No footnotes, date=March 2021 Lamlameta is a traditional mancala game played by the Konso people living in the Olanta area of central Ethiopia. It was first described in 1971 by United Kingdom, British academic Richard Pankhurst (academic), Richa ...

( Konso people of Ethiopia) *

Latho Latho is a traditional solitaire game played by the Dorzé people of Ethiopia. The equipment needed to play the game is similar to that used for mancala games, i.e., a board with 2 rows of 6 "pits", and 30 counters ("seeds"). The game was first d ...

( Dorzé of Ethiopia) *

Layli Goobalay Layli Goobalay (or Layli Goobaly) is a board game played in parts of Somalia. It is a variant of the classical count and capture game ''mancala'' (from the Arabic word ''naqala'', meaning literally "to move"), which is one of the oldest two-player ...

( Somalia) * Li'b al-ghashim * Longbeu-a-cha (India— Assam) * Lontu-Holo (the

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) * Madji (the

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of Nigeria) *

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* Mak Khom ( Thailand) Thai-girls-playing-with-mancala-board-possibly-main-chakot-or-mak-khom

Makonn {{Unreferenced, date=November 2021 Makonn is an abstract strategy game from the Seychelles islands off the eastern coast of Africa. The game is a traditional variant of mancala. It is played on four rows of ten holes such as a 10 x 4 hole board ...

( Seychelles) * Mancala'h ( Egypt,

) * Mandoli ( Greece—

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) * Mangala ( Egypt, Turkey - different rules) * Matoe ( Indonesia—

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) * Mawkar katiya ( India— Assam) *

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( Kenya— Kilimanjaro region of the Rift Valley) * Mbothe ( Pokomo people of Kenya) * Mechiwa (

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...

) * MefuvhaH. A. Stayt, ''The Bavenda''. * Melegayası (Turkey) The board is 2×9 with stores. * Mereköçdü ( Azerbaijan) The board is a circle of six holes. Each player has 21 stones. * Meuchoh (

—

Aceh Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a s ...

) * Meulieh (

—

) * Meusueb (

—

) * Meuta' (

—

) * Minkale (Bin Kale) ( Turkey) * Mongale ( Kenya) * Mongola (

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) * Naranj ( Maldives) *

Nsolo Nsolo also called Chisolo is the Zambian version of mancala. Nsolo game is usually played by scooping holes in the ground and using small stones or Mongongo nuts for playing pieces. Two players scoop four rows of holes in the ground and begin to ...

( Zambia) *

Ô ăn quan Ô ăn quan (literally: Mandarin Square Capturing) is a traditional Vietnamese children's board game. This game is valuable for enhancing calculating and strategical ability. Board, pieces, and players * A rectangle which is divided into ten ...

( Viet Nam) game is 2 mandarin boxes x5 ponds each, with 25 stones or tamarind seeds each * Obridjie ( Nigeria) * Ouril (

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) * Oh’valhu-gondi ( Maldives) 2 players play with cowrie shells. * Pachgarhwa ( India) * Pallanguzhi (

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of India), also known as Pallankuli. * Pereauni ( Uganda) * Poo (

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) * Puhulmuti (

) * Sai (

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) * Sat-gol ( India) *

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P. H. G. Powell-Cotton, H. J. Braunholtz, ''A Mancala Board Called "Songo."'', Man. Vol. 31. (July 1931), pp. 123. *

Sungka Southeast Asian mancalas are a subtype of mancala games predominantly found in Southeast Asia. They are known as congklak ( VOS Spelling: tjongklak), congkak, congka, and dakon in Indonesia, congkak in Malaysia and Brunei, and sungkâ in the P ...

( Philippines) * Til-guti ( India) * Tsoro (( Zimbabwe) * Toee (

) *

Togyzkumalak Togyzkumalak or toguz kumalak ( kz, toğızqumalaq - "nine pebbles") is a mancala family game played in Kazakhstan. Similar games are played in Turkic-speaking nations, such as toguz korgool in Kyrgyzstan, Mangala (game), Mangala in Turkey, and M ...

( Kazakhstan) *

Toguz korgool Toguz korgool ( ky, тогуз коргоол - "nine sheep droppings") or togyzkumalak ( kz, тоғыз құмалақ), is a two-player game in the mancala family that is played in Central Asia. Board The game is played on a board with two ro ...

( Kyrgyzstan) The board is 2×9 with stores. * Ünee tugalluulakh (

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of Mongolia) * Vaamana Guntalu (

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name, India - Andhra Pradesh) * Vai Lung Thlan (the Mizo in Mizoram, India) * Walak-pussa (

) *

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( United States) * Wa-wee (

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) * 散窯 (Sàn yáo) (

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— Henan) * 老牛棋 (Lǎo niú qí) (

— Anhui) * 分六煲棋 (Fēn liù bāo qí) (

— Guangdong)

Notes

References

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(1952) *

Laurence Russ Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ...

, Mancala games (1984) *H. J. Braunholtz, ''The Game of Mweso in Uganda.'', Man. Vol. 31. (July 1931), pp. 121–122. * Arslan Küçükyıldız, Köçürme / Mangala, Ankara, Delta (2015)

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The Game of Igisoro, or Omweso, in East AfricaOware/Awale and other Mancala games - an informative page
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