List of mancala games

Popular games

• Bao 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, Ayo, Awele, Awari, Ouril, and other names. It has relatively simple rules but considerable strategic depth. The board is 2×6.
• Omweso 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.
• Eson xorgol, a game played by the Kazakh minority in western Mongolia, is traditionally played with goat feces. The board is 2×5.
• ǁHus is a Namibian game. The board is 4×8.

  Non-traditional games

• Conga
• Cups
• Devil Bunny Hates the Earth, where you try to save the world by jamming taffy machines.
• Oh-Wah-Ree 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
• Space Walk 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 games

• Abangah The board is 2×8 with stores.
• Adji-boto
• Agsinnoninka
• Ali Guli Mane
• Anywoli
• Aw-li On-nam Ot-tjin
• Aweet
• Ba-awa The board is 2×6 with stores.
• Bajangkaq
• Baqura
• Bay Khom
• Bau
• Beatta
• Bohnenspiel
• Chanka
• Chenna Maaney
• Chisolo
• Chonka
• Chongka, or Tchonka
• Choro
• Chuncajon
• Congkak The board is 2×7 with stores.
• Coro
• Dakon
• Dara-dara
• Daramutu
• Ellaewala-kanda
• En Gehé
• Gabata
• Galatjang
• Göçürme
• Halusa
• Hawalis
• Igisoro
• Ingilith
• Isafu
• Isafuba
• J'erin
• Kakumei
• Kale
• Kaloleh
• Kapo
• Kanji guti
• Kiela
• Khutka boia
• Kisolo
• Kotu-baendum
• Kombe
• Köçürme
• Kubuguza
• La'b Madjnuni
• La'b Hakimi, or La'b Akila
• La'b Roseya
• Layli Goobalay
• Li'b al-ghashim
• Longbeu-a-cha
• Lontu-Holo
• Madji
• Main chakot
• Mak Khom
• Mancala'h
• Mandoli
• Mangala
• Matoe
• Mawkar katiya
• Mbau
• Mechiwa
• Mefuvha
• Melegayası The board is 2×9 with stores.
• Mereköçdü The board is a circle of six holes. Each player has 21 stones.
• Meuchoh
• Meulieh
• Meusueb
• Meuta'
• Minkale
• Mongale
• Mongola
• Naranj
• Nsolo
• Ô ăn quan game is 2 mandarin boxes x5 ponds each, with 25 stones or tamarind seeds each
• Obridjie
• Ouril
• Pachgarhwa
• Vaamana Guntalu
• Pallanguzhi, also known as Pallankuli.
• Pereauni
• Poo
• Puhulmuti
• Sai
• Sat-gol
• Songo
• Sungka
• Til-guti
• Toee
• Toguz korgool The board is 2×9 with stores.
• Toguz Kumalak ; same as Toguz korgool
• Vai Lung Thlan
• Walak-pussa
• Warra
• Wa-wee
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