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Traditional Games: Mancala

Karnak

Karnak

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
–
Min. Age:
7
Madcala: Tweedles & Caterpillar

Madcala: Tweedles & Caterpillar

boardgameexpansion

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
14
Kalah

Kalah

boardgame

Kalah is the most popular Mancala game, invented in 1940 by William Champion Jr. Played on a board with two rows and storage pits, players distribute seeds counter-clockwise, capture opponent pieces, and aim to collect the most seeds to win the game.

Players:
2
Time:
10 min
Min. Age:
5
Mbelele

Mbelele

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Vai lung thlan

Vai lung thlan

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Ayoayo

Ayoayo

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Bestemshe

Bestemshe

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Qelat

Qelat

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Bao Arabica

Bao Arabica

boardgame

Bao Arabica is a modern Mancala game for two to four players. Unusually, moves can go in either direction, and two-player duels give each participant two separate camps. The game was designed by a co-owner of HiKu Games to expand traditional play.

Players:
2–4
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
8
Kid-Cala

Kid-Cala

boardgame

Kid-Cala features a 2x6 Mancala board with child-friendly counters. It offers two games: Kid-Cala, a simple variant, and Banan-Cala, a surprisingly complex challenge even for adults, testing advanced strategic thinking.

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
6
Sungka

Sungka

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
10–60 min
Min. Age:
3
Bohnenspiel

Bohnenspiel

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Ô Ăn Quan

Ô Ăn Quan

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
10 min
Min. Age:
5
Mimanca

Mimanca

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
10
Afrika

Afrika

boardgame

Afrika is a modern Mancala board game invented by Ralf Gering in 2004, played on a 2x8 board. It features compulsory capturing, captures triggered by empty holes, and tactical forced combinations reminiscent of Draughts.

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
8
Alemungula

Alemungula

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
10–30 min
Min. Age:
9
Kauri

Kauri

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
0
Isolo

Isolo

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Mwambulula

Mwambulula

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Huroy

Huroy

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Rio kadalis

Rio kadalis

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Chuba

Chuba

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
40 min
Min. Age:
0
Tricala

Tricala

boardgame

Players:
2–3
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
The Colony

The Colony

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
13