Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called sowing games, or count and capture games, which describes the game play. Mancala games play a role in many African and some ... of mancala games best known in the Western world includes Kalah and Oware . Other games are Congkak , Omweso , nee tugaluulakh , Bao mancala game Bao , Sungka and Igisoro . The word mancala ... mancala instead mancala is a type, or designation, of game. This word is used in Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt, but is not consistently applied to any one game. In the USA, however, mancala is often used as a synonym for the game Kalah . General gameplay Mancala games share a common general ... applies to all games. Equipment Image Igoware.JPG frame Wooden Mancala Board from West Africa Equipment ... two rows unless the opponent captured them. Object The object of mancala games is usually to capture ... a single lap game. Multiple laps or relay sowing is a frequent feature of mancala games, although ... thumb Ancient Gebeta i.e. mancala holes in the base of an Kingdom of Aksum Aksumite stele , Axum ... to both Gebet a Mancala and Sant araz modern sent erazh , Ethiopian Chess . citation needed for the Qarqis ... than anything like Mancala. Although the games existed in pockets in Europe it is recorded as being .... Mancala has also been found in Serbia Citation needed date July 2008 , Bulgaria Citation needed date ... Schloss Weikersheim . The United States USA has a larger mancala playing population. A traditional mancala game called Warra was still played in Louisiana in the early 20th century. In Cape Verde, Mancala ... Board game Psychology board games , Mancala games have led to psychological studies. Retschitzki has ... Games List of mancala games Bibliography Jeff Erickson, Sowing Games, in Games of No Chance , Cambridge ... Mancala Games Book , Marlowe and company, NY, 2000. Philip Townshend, African Mankala in Anthropological ... mankala the Swahili ethic in African idiom. Paideuma 28 175 191. Voogt, A.J. de 1997 . Mancala Board ... more details
Game s in the mancala family include Popular games The most widely played games are probably Bao mancala game Bao is a complex strategy game of Kenya and Zanzibar , played on an 8× 4 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. 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 ... 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 stones. Eson xorgol , a game played ... York The Glass Bead Game game The Glass Bead Game Christian Freeling is a complex mancala style game ... 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. Traditional games Abangah the Azande of Sudan ... Maroon of Suriname Madji the Benni of Nigeria Mak Khom Thailand Mancala game Egypt , Syria mankala in Turkey ... Powell Cotton P. H. G. Powell Cotton, H. J. Braunholtz, A Mancala Board Called Songo. , Man. Vol ... References 7. HJR Murray , History of Board Games other than Chess 1952 8. Laurence Russ , Mancala ... mancala games and http mancala.wikia.com wiki Modern sowing games a list of 144 modern sowing games at Mancala World http www.msoworld.com mindzine news classic mancala Descriptions of Mancala Games http webfacil.tinet.org jtc Oware Awale and other Mancala games an informative page http www.driedger.ca mankala Man 2.html The Game of Bao, or Mancala, in East Africa DEFAULTSORT List Of Mancala Games Category Lists of games Mancala Category Mancala Category Traditional board games it Lista di mancala pt Anexo Lista de Jogos de Mancala ru ... more details
Infobox Mancala title Bao ranks Four sowing Multilap region East Africa Image Bao players in stone town zanzibar.jpg right 250px thumb Bao players in Stone Town , Zanzibar Bao is a traditional mancala board game played in most of East Africa including Kenya , Tanzania , Comoros , Malawi , as well as some areas of Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo and Burundi . ref Hyde 1694 , pp. 226 232 ref ref http www.wikimanqala.org wiki Bao Bao at WikiManwala ref ref http www.gamesfromeverywhere.com.au rules Bao History Rules.pdf Bao history and rules ref It is most popular among the Swahili people of Tanzania and Kenya the name itself Bao is the swahili language swahili word for board or board game . In Tanzania, and especially Zanzibar , a bao master called bingwa , master but also fundi , artist is held in high respect. In Malawi, the game is also known as Bawo , which is the Yao language Yao equivalent of the Swahili name. ref http mancala.wikia.com wiki Bao la Kiswahili Bao la Kiswahili ref Bao is well known to be a prominent mancala in terms of complexity and strategical depth, ref name vogt1995 De Vogt 1995 ref and it has raised interest in scholars of several disciplines, including game theory , Computational complexity theory complexity theory , and psychology . ref name vogt1995 ... below are associated to Bao, as it is the only known mancala to have such feature. Nevertheless ..., as this one, regular pits mashimo are round, while houses nyumba are square Bao is based on a mancala ... mancala terminology that are termed kete shells . Note that this same equipment a 4x8 board and 64 ... opponent s pit, and Mancala General gameplay relay sows them in his or her rows. The first seed must ... 65. External links http mancala.wikia.com wiki Bao la Kiswahili Bao at Mancala World http www.chamijada.net ... Bao la kiswahili and Bao la kujifunza Category Zanzibar Category Traditional mancala games Category Swahili culture bg de Bao Mancala Spiel et Bao es Bao juego eo Bao it Bao sw Bao fi Bao zh ... more details
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Infobox Mancala ranks Two sowing Single lap region Mongolia div class floatright style background color white border 1px Mancala hole 6 size 32px Mancala hole 6 size 32px Mancala hole 6 size 32px Mancala hole 6 size 32px Mancala hole 6 size 32px Mancala hole 6 size 32px Starting position for nee tugalluulakh. div nee tugalluulakh lang mn , let the cows calve is a mancala game played by Kazakhs in western Mongolia . External links http www.wikimanqala.org wiki Unee tugaluulax Rules to Unee tugaluulax posted on the manqala.org wiki. DEFAULTSORT Unee Tugaluulakh Category Mancala Category Mongolian games board game stub it Unee tugalluulax pl Unee Tugaluulach ... more details
orphan date August 2009 Giuthi is a game played by the Kikuyu people Kikuyu of Kenya , amongst others. It belongs to the Mancala family of games and is played with round counters, such as beans, and two rows of holes in the ground . ref Huxley, E. Red Strangers ref References references External links http mancala.wikia.com wiki Giuthi A detailed description at Mancala World. Category Mancala Category Kenyan culture Game stub it Giuthi zh ... more details
Vai Lung Thlan is a variety of the board game mancala variant played by the Mizo people of eastern India. The game is played on a board with 12 holes in two rows. Initially each hole contains five beads. Sources Russ L. The Complete Mancala Games Book How to play the World s oldest Board Games. Marlowe & Company, New York 2000. http www.manqala.org wiki index.php MancalaGames VaiLungThlan board game stub Category Mancala de Vai lung thlan pl Vai lung thlan zh ... more details
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 uganda n mancala Omweso and its variants, which are played throughout Eastern Africa eastern and southern Africa . See also Omweso Kimbundu References http www.kiela game.com Kiela game http www.manqala.org wiki index.php MancalaGames Kiela Rules of Kiela at Manqala Bibliography Bernardo Campos , Kiela Um jogo de origem africana , Livraria Bertrand, Lisboa 1998 it Kiela Category Traditional mancala games Category Angolan culture board game stub ... more details
Infobox Mancala ranks Two sowing Multiple lap region Sahara 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 s game, very close to other simple African mancala such as Layli Goobalay Somalia and Nsa Isong Nigeria . References Fernando Pinto Cebri n , Juegos saharauis para jugar en la arena. Juegos y juguetes tradicionales del S hara , Madrid 1999 . External links http www.manqala.org wiki index.php MancalaGames Krur Rules of the game Category Traditional mancala games Category Nigeria Category Mauritania Category Morocco Category Algerian culture Category Senegal Category Mali Category Niger game stub it Krur zh ... more details
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 Africa n mancalas such as Bao mancala game Bao Tanzania , Malawi , Kenya , Njomba Mozambique and Malawi , Lela mancala game Lela Democratic Republic of Congo DR Congo , Mulabalaba Zambia , Muvalavala Angola and Tschuba South Africa , Mozambique . Rules Oman Hawalis boards in Oman are composed by 4 rows of 7 holes. At game setup, two seeds are placed in each hole. Each player owns half of the board 2 rows of the board. At his or her turn, the player takes all seeds from a hole and Mancala General gameplay relay sow s them counterclockwise. If there are holes with more than one seed, then the player must sow starting from one such hole. If the last seeds fall in a hole of the inner row and the opposite hole in the opponent s half board is not empty, its contents are captured and removed from the game. If both the opposite hole and that behind it in the opponent s half board are non empty, all seeds are captured from both of them. The game ends when one of the players is left without any seed in his rows. The winner of the game is the player who captures most seeds. Rules Zanzibar The rules of Bao la Kiarabu were originally transcripted by W. H. Ingrams, who described two variants of the game. One of them is exactly the same as Oman s Hawalis. The other one uses a different board, with 2 rows of 8 holes each the same board used for Bao mancala game Bao . This also differs from Hawalis in that sowing goes clockwise ..., E. 1995 . Jogos de quadr cula do tipo mancala com especial incid ncia nos praticados em Angola . Lisboa. Russ, L. 2000 . The complete Mancala Games Book . New York. Alex de Voogt Voogt, A. J. de 2003 . Hawalis in Oman a first Account of Expertise and Dispersal of four row Mancala in the Middle East ... at Mancala World Category Traditional mancala games Category Omani culture Category Zanzibar it Hawalis ... more details
El Arnab is a traditional Arab solitaire based on the general equipment and gameplay of mancala games. It is played by the Kababish people of Sudan . The name El Arnab means the rabbit . Rules El Arnab s board is a mancala board comprising 2 rows of 3 pits each, with an additional larger pits stores located at each end of the board. The game setup is as follows 3 seeds in the lefthand store 1 seed in the righthand store 2 seeds in each of the four pits at the extremes of the rows 1 seed in each of the remaining pits. code 3 2 1 2 br br 2 1 2 1 code To begin the game, the player takes all the seeds from the pit at the upper left corner of the rows, and Mancala General gameplay relay sows them counterclockwise. Sowing also includes the stores. This relay sowing and thus the game itself never ends it is meant to be just a pastime. It happens that every 26 relay sowings, the board goes back to its initial setup. External links http mancala.wikia.com wiki El Arnab El Arnab References R. Davies, Some Arab Games and Puzzles . In Sudan Notes & Records 8 1925 , pp. 137 152. Category Traditional mancala games Category Sudanese culture it El Arnab ... more details
Kisolo also spelled Chisolo is a traditional mancala game played by the Luba people Luba , Lulua and Songye peoples of Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo and Zimbabwe . It is closely related to other East Africa n mancalas such as Bao mancala game Bao , Bao Kiarabu , Coro and Isolo . ref Aimee H.C. Bessire, A Short Tour of the Sukuma Museum , http philip.greenspun.com sukuma museum.html ref The board used to play Kisolo is usually 4x7, i.e., 4 rows of 7 pits each, although there are also Kisolo boards that have 6 pits per row. At game setup, 3 seeds are placed in each pit. Traditionally, seeds from the ngola tree Pictantus makombo or the menga tree Canarium schweinfurtii are used. Footnotes references External links http mancala.wikia.com wiki Kisolo Kisolo at Mancala World game stub Category Traditional mancala games Category Democratic Republic of the Congo culture Category Zimbabwean culture it Kisolo zh ... more details
Mangala is a traditional mancala game played in some areas of Turkey , such as Gaziantep , in Southern Anatolia . It was first described in 1694 by United Kingdom British oriental studies orientalist Thomas Hyde . Rules Mangala is played on a 2x6 or 2x7 mancala board i.e., 2 rows of 6 or 7 pits . At game setup, 5 seeds are placed in each pit. At his or her turn, the player takes all the seeds from one of his or her pits and Mancala General gameplay sows them counterclockwise. If the last seed in a sowing is dropped in a pit that contains 1 or 3 seeds 2 or 4 with the one just dropped , all those seeds are captured by the player. Also, if there is a continuous line of pits with either 2 or 4 seeds before the one where the capture has occurred, all the seeds in those pits are captured as well. The game ends when all the pits are empty. The player who captured most seeds wins the game. References M. And 1979 Some Notes on Aspects and Functions of Turkish Folk Games , in The Journal of American Folklore 21 1 44 64. T. Hyde 1694 De Ludis Orientalibus , Britanica. External links http www.wikimanqala.org wiki Mangala Rules of Mangala at WikiManqala http www.mangala.com.tr rules.html Modern Mangala Rules Category Traditional mancala games Category Turkish culture ... more details
wiktionary bao Bao may refer to Baozi , a Chinese steamed bun Bao mancala game , a mancala game from East Africa Bao Xishun , the world s tallest living man Bao Zheng , a Chinese judge of Song China Bao King of Fighters , the King of Fighters character Stir frying Bao technique , A Chinese stir frying technique b nh bao , a Vietnamese dumpling with pork meat inside, variated from the Chinese dumpling Baozi barium oxide BAO stands for Baryon Acoustic Oscillations , in physical cosmology Bao surname , a common pronunciation for some Chinese surnames, such as and See also BAO disambiguation disambig de Bao ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Nsolo is the Zambia n version of mancala . Nsolo game is usually played by scooping holes in the ground and using small stones for playing pieces. Two players scoop four rows of holes in the ground and begin to play, usually with the help of a number of bystanders. However carved wooden game boards exist from earlier years and can still be bought at tourist markets in Livingstone, Zambia Livingstone and Lusaka . Several variations of the game exist and while competition can be quite keen, games generally end with equanimity. Category Zambian culture Category Traditional mancala games Board game stub Zambia stub ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 Hoyito also known as El Hoyito , Casitas or Mate is a traditional mancala game played in the Dominican Republic . All the names it goes by are descriptive of elements of the game hoyito means little hole referring to the pits of the board , casitas means houses referring to pits containing 4 seeds , and mate is the name of the tree whose seeds are used as counters. The game is very similar to Wari . External links ca http manqala.org wiki index.php Hoyito Hoyito http mancala.wikia.com wiki Hoyito I Hoyito Category Traditional mancala games Category Dominican Republic game stub it Hoyito ... more details
http www.johnpratt.com items mancala ayoayo.html Ayoayo rules ref ref http mancala.wikia.com wiki Ayoayo Ayoayo ref Footnotes references References http www.johnpratt.com items mancala ayoayo.html Ayoayo rules collected by John Pratt http mancala.wikia.com wiki Ayoayo Ayoayo rules at Mancala World Category Traditional mancala games Category Yoruba culture it Ayoayo ... more details
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Infobox Mancala ranks Two sowing Single lap region Kazakhstan Eson xorgol is a mancala game played by Kazakhs in western Mongolia . Rules Equipment div class floatright Mancala 2x5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 size 32px Starting position for Eson Xorgol. div Traditionally, the game is played with a field of 2x5 pits and 90 goat droppings. Of course, some prefer to play the game with 10 cups and any 90 undifferentiated objects, such as stones or glass beads the Nomads usually take dried goat feces . Object The goal is to capture more feces than the opponent. Setup At the beginning of the game, nine droppings are placed in each pit. Unlike many other mancala games, pits are not owned by particular players. Movement Players take turn sowing pieces clockwise around the board. This is the opposite direction of most mancalas. Sowing is accomplished by selecting a pit, removing all the pieces from that pit, and dropping them one by one in each subsequent pit, until all have been used. Capturing A capture is made when sowing ends in an occupied pit immediately followed by an unoccupied pit. When this occurs, all pieces in the pit across from the pit in which the sowing ended are captured. Game end The game ends when the players agree that no more droppings can be captured. External links http www.wikimanqala.org wiki Eson korgool WikiManqala.org s rules to Eson khorgol. Category Mongolian games Category Traditional mancala games Mongolia stub ... more details
Orphan date January 2011 Adji boto is a traditional mancala game played by the saramaccans , i.e., the maroons who live on the banks of the Saramacca River Saramacca river, in Suriname . It is similar to some mancalas played in West Africa, especially Benin , and could be regarded as a variation of the Wari game Wari game, which is the most common mancala game found in the Americas. The game plays an important role in the social life of saramaccans, and it is especially connected to funeral rituals. After someone s death, the game is played for the ten days before burial at night, the board is left outside in the open so that the yorkas spirits of the dead can play with it. The intent is to lure the spirits into the village so that they will eventually accept the dead s spirit in their community. Board can only be manufactured by widow s. References M.J. Herskovits, Adjiboto, an African Game of the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana . In Man A Monthly Record of the Royal Anthropological Institute , 1929,. 29 90 122 127. M.J. Herskovits, Wari in the New World . In Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute , 1932, 62 23 37. External links http mancala.wikia.com wiki Adji boto Rules of the game Use dmy dates date January 2011 Category Mancala Category Surinamese culture game stub es Adji boto it Adji boto ... more details
Katro is a traditional mancala game played by the Betsileo people in the Fianarantsoa Province of Madagascar . The game was first described by Alex de Voogt in 1998 . Rules Katro is played on a 6x6 board 6 rows of 6 pits each . Each player controls half of the board three rows . At game setup, two seeds are placed in each pit. At his or her turn, the player Mancala General gameplay relay sow s the seeds from one of his or her pits, with the constraint that the chosen pit must be in the outermost non empty row. As with most mancala IV i.e., mancalas with 4 rows , sowing is confined to the player s own rows. Sowing may occurs the player s pits in two directions . Consider the following scheme code a b c d e f l k j i h g m n o p q r M N O P Q R L K J I H G A B C D E F code The southern player can either sow like this code A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R A B C.... code or like this code F E D C B A L K J I H G R Q P O N M F E D.... code If the last seed of the sowing in dropped in an empty pit, this may cause a capture if the following applies the pit where the seed was dropped is the innermost non empty row the opponent has a non empty pit in his or her innermost non empty row, in the same column. If both conditions apply, all the seeds from the opponent s pit are captured, as well as the capturing seed. The player then resumes sowing, using the captured seeds. The first player to be left without seeds loses the game. See also Fanorona , another malagasy abstract game References A. J. De Voogt, Distribution of Mancala Board Games A methodological Inquiry . In Board Games Studies 1999 2 , pp. 104 114. External links http mancala.wikia.com wiki Katro Katro at Mancala World http www.boardgamestudies.info pdf issue2 BGS2deVoogt.pdf Katro Category Traditional mancala games Category Malagasy culture it Katro zh ... more details
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