Editing List of mancala games

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[[Game]]s in the [[mancala]] family include:

== Popular games ==
[[Image:Bao europe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A modern, European [[Bao (mancala game)|Bao]]/[[Omweso]] board with jade gemstones]]
The most widely played games are probably{{according to whom|date=February 2021}}:
*[[Bao (game)|Bao]] is a complex strategy game of [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]], 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,<ref name=Muller>Henry R. Muller, ''Warri: A West African Game of Skill'', The Journal of American Folklore. Vol. 43, No. 169. pp. 313-316.</ref> 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 ==
*[[Das Bohnenspiel|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]] is a [[Namibia]]n game. The board is 4×8.

== Modern adaptations ==
*[[Bantumi]], featured on many early Nokia phones such as the [[Nokia 3310]]
*[[Conga (board game)|Conga]] (Martin Franke; Germany)
*[[Cups (game)|Cups]] (Arthur Amberstone and Wald Amberstone; United States: New York)
*[[Devil Bunny Hates the Earth]], where you try to save the world by jamming taffy machines. (James Ernest and [[Cheapass Games]]; United States: Seattle, Washington)
*[[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 (game)|Kauri]] is a modern mancala game with two kinds of seeds.
*[[Mangala (game)|Mangala]] (Serdar Asaf Ceyhan; Turkey)
*[[Space Walk (game)|Space Walk]] is a modern boardgame with mancala mechanic.
*[[Trajan (game)|Trajan]] is a modern boardgame variant with mancala mechanic.
*[[Five Tribes (board game)|Five Tribes]] is a modern boardgame variant with mancala mechanic.
*[[Ostia (board game)|Ostia]] is a modern boardgame variant with mancala mechanic.

== Traditional variants ==
[[Image:Omweso players in kigali rwanda.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Omweso (or Igisoro) players in [[Kigali]], [[Rwanda]]]]
*[[Abangah]] (the [[Azande]] of [[Sudan]]) The board is 2×8 with stores.
*[[Adji-boto]] ([[Suriname]])
*[[Agsinnoninka]] ([[Philippines]])
*[[Alemungula]] ([[Ethiopia]] and [[Sudan]])
*[[Ali Guli Mane]] (India—[[Karnataka]])
*[[Andada (game)|Andada]] ([[Kunama people|Kunama]] of [[Eritrea]])
*[[Anywoli]] ([[Ethiopia]], [[Sudan]])
*[[Aw-li On-nam Ot-tjin]] ([[Borneo]])
*[[Aweet]] ([[Sudan]], [[Namibia]])
*[[Ayoayo]] ([[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] of [[Nigeria]])
*[[Ba-awa]] (Ghana) The board is 2×6 with stores.
*[[Bajangkaq]] ([[Sumatra]])
*[[Bāqūra]] ([[Mesopotamia]])
*[[Bay Khom]] ([[Cambodia]])
*[[Bau (game)|Bau]] (the [[Wa Chaga]])
*[[Beatta]] ([[Tayma]])
*[[Das Bohnenspiel|Bohnenspiel]] ([[Germany]])
*[[Chenna Maaney]] (In Tulu language, South [[India]])
*[[Chisolo]] ([[Zambia]])
*[[Chonka]] (Borneo)
*[[Chongka]], or [[Tchonka]] ([[Marianas]])
*[[Choro (game)|Choro]]
*[[Chuncajon]] ([[Philippines]])<ref name=Culin>[[Stewart Culin]], ''[[Philippine Games]]'', American Anthropologist, Vol. 2, No. 4. (Oct-Dec 1900), pp. 643-656.</ref>
*[[Congkak]] ([[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]]) The board is 2×7 with stores.
*[[Omweso|Coro]] ([[Lango sub-region|Lango]] region of [[Uganda]])
*[[Dakon]] ([[Java]] island of [[Indonesia]])
*[[Dara-dara]] ([[Indonesia]]—[[Sulawesi]])
*[[Daramutu]] ([[Sri Lanka]])
*[[Ellaewala-kanda]] ([[Sri Lanka]])
*[[El Arnab]] ([[Kababish]] of [[Sudan]])
*[[En Gehé]] ([[Maasai people|Maasai]] of [[Tanzania]])
*[[Endodoi]] ([[Maasai people|Maasai]] of [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]])
*[[Enkeshui]] ([[Maasai people|Maasai]] of [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]])
*[[Eson xorgol]] (Kazakhs of Western Mongolia)
*[[Gabata (game)|Gabata]] ([[Ethiopia]])
*[[Galatjang]] ([[Sulawesi]])
*[[Giuthi]] ([[Kikuyu people|Kikuyu]] of [[Kenya]])
*[[Göçürme]] ([[Turkey]])
*[[Halusa]] ([[Mesopotamia]])
*[[Hawalis]] ([[Oman]])
*[[Hoyito]] ([[Dominican Republic]])
*[[Igisoro]] ([[Rwanda]] - [[Burundi]])
*[[Ingilith]] (the [[Turkana people|Turkana]] of [[Kenya]])
*[[Isafu]]
*[[Isafuba]]
*[[Isolo]] ([[Sukuma people|Sukuma]] of [[Tanzania]])
*[[J'erin]] ([[Nigeria]])
[[Image:Oanquan0.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Vietnamese children playing ''ô ăn quan'']]
*[[Kakumei]] ([[Japan]])
*[[Kale (game)|Kale]] ([[Gabon]])
*[[Kaloleh]] ([[Sumatra]])
*[[Kapo (game)|Kapo]] ([[Senegal]])
*[[Kanji guti]] ([[India]]—[[Odisha]])
*[[Katro]] ([[Betsileo]]  of [[Madagascar]])
*[[Khutka boia]] ([[India]]—[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]])
*[[Kiela]] ([[Angola]])
*[[Kiothi]] ([[Meru people|Meru]] of [[Kenya]])
*[[Kisolo]] (also spelled Chisolo) ([[DR Congo]] and [[Zimbabwe]])
*[[Kotu-baendum]] ([[Sri Lanka]])
*[[Kombe (game)|Kombe]] ([[Kenya]])
*[[Köçürme]] ([[Kırgızistan]])
*[[Krur]] ([[Hassaniya]] of [[Western Sahara]])
*[[Kubuguza]]<ref name=Merriam>Alan P. Merriam, ''The Game of Kubuguza Among the Abatutsi of North-East Ruanda''. Man, Vol. 53. (November 1953), pp. 169-172.</ref>
*[[La'b Madjnuni]] ([[Syria]])
*[[La'b Hakimi]], or [[La'b Akila]] ([[Syria]])
*[[La'b Roseya]] ([[Syria]])
*[[Lamlameta]] ([[Konso people]] of [[Ethiopia]])
*[[Latho]] ([[Dorzé]] of [[Ethiopia]])
*[[Layli Goobalay]] ([[Somalia]])
*[[Li'b al-ghashim]]
*[[Longbeu-a-cha]] (India—[[Assam]])
*[[Lontu-Holo]] (the [[Maroon (people)|Maroon]] of [[Suriname]])
*[[Madji]] (the [[Benni]] of [[Nigeria]])
*[[Main chakot]] ([[Thailand]])[[File:Thai-mancala-board-possibly-main-chakot-or-mak-khom.jpg|thumb|Thai Mancala board (possibly Mai Chakot or Mak Khom), as displayed in the Institute of Southern Thai Studies near Songkhla.]]
*[[Mak Khom]] ([[Thailand]])[[File:Thai-girls-playing-with-mancala-board-possibly-main-chakot-or-mak-khom.jpg|thumb|Photograph of two Thai girls playing with a mancala board, possibly the game Main Chakot or Mak Khom.]]
*[[Makonn]] ([[Seychelles]])
*[[Mancala'h]] ([[Egypt]], [[Syria]])
*[[Mandoli (game)|Mandoli]] ([[Greece]]— [[Hydra, Saronic Islands|Hydra]])
*[[Mangala (game)|Mangala]] ([[Egypt]], [[Turkey]] - different rules)
*[[Mangola (game)|Mangola]] ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]], [[Rwanda]])
*[[Matoe]] ([[Indonesia]]—[[Sumba]])
*[[Mawkar katiya]] ([[India]]—[[Assam]])
*[[Mbau]] ([[Kenya]]— [[Kilimanjaro]] region of the [[Rift Valley Province|Rift Valley]])
*[[Mbothe]] ([[Pokomo people]] of [[Kenya]])
*[[Mechiwa]] ([[Bali]])
*[[Mefuvha]]<ref name=Stayt>H. A. Stayt, ''The Bavenda''.</ref>
*[[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]] ([[Sumatra]]—[[Aceh]])
*[[Meulieh]] ([[Sumatra]]—[[Aceh]])
*[[Meusueb]] ([[Sumatra]]—[[Aceh]])
*[[Meuta']] ([[Sumatra]]—[[Aceh]])
*[[Minkale (Bin Kale)]] ([[Turkey]])
*[[Mongale]] ([[Kenya]])
*[[Naranj]] ([[Maldives]])
*[[Nsolo]] ([[Zambia]])
*[[Ntxuva]] ([[Mozambique]]) A traditional game from sub-Saharan Africa with most likely origins in Egypt.
*[[Ô ăn quan]] ([[Viet Nam]]) game is 2 mandarin boxes x5 ponds each, with 25 stones or tamarind seeds each
*[[Obridjie]]  ([[Nigeria]])
*[[Ouril]] ([[Cape Verde]])
*[[Oh’valhu-gondi]] ([[Maldives]]) 2 players play with cowrie shells.
*[[Pachgarhwa]] ([[India]])
*[[Pallanguzhi]] ([[Tamil language|Tamil]] of [[India]]), also known as Pallankuli.
*[[Pereauni]] ([[Uganda]])
*[[Poo (game)|Poo]] ([[Liberia]])
*[[Puhulmuti]] ([[Sri Lanka]])
*[[Sai (game)|Sai]] ([[Flores]])
*[[Sat-gol]] ([[India]])
*[[Songo (game)|Songo]]<ref name= Powell-Cotton>P. H. G. Powell-Cotton, H. J. Braunholtz, ''A Mancala Board Called "Songo."'', Man. Vol. 31. (July 1931), pp. 123.</ref>
*[[Sungka]] ([[Philippines]])
*[[Til-guti]] ([[India]])
*[[Tsoro]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
*[[Mancala|Toee]] ([[Sudan]])
*[[Togyzkumalak]] ([[Kazakhstan]]) 
*[[Toguz korgool]] ([[Kyrgyzstan]])  The board is 2×9 with stores.
*[[Ünee tugalluulakh]] ([[Kazakhs]] of [[Mongolia]])
*[[Vaamana Guntalu]] ([[Telugu language|Telugu]] name, India - Andhra Pradesh)
*[[Vai Lung Thlan]] (the Mizo in Mizoram, India)
*[[Walak-pussa]] ([[Sri Lanka]])
*[[Warra (game)|Warra]] ([[United States]])
*[[Wa-wee]] ([[Saint Lucia]])
*[[:zh:散窯|散窯]] (Sàn yáo) ([[China]]—[[Henan]])
*[[:zh:老牛棋|老牛棋]] (Lǎo niú qí) ([[China]]—[[Anhui]])
*[[:zh:分六煲棋|分六煲棋]] (Fēn liù bāo qí) ([[China]]—[[Guangdong]])

==Notes==
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==References==
*[[H. J. R. Murray]], [[History of Board Games other than Chess]] (1952)
*H. J. Braunholtz, ''The Game of Mweso in Uganda.'', Man. Vol. 31. (July 1931), pp.&nbsp;121–122.
*[[Arslan Küçükyıldız]], [[Köçürme / Mangala]], [[Ankara]], Delta (2015)

== External links ==
*[http://www.igisoro.com The Game of Igisoro, or Omweso, in East Africa]
*[http://webfacil.tinet.org/jtc Oware/Awale and other Mancala games - an informative page]

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