List of Mancala Games - Traditional Games

Traditional Games

• Abangah (the Azande of Sudan) The board is 2×8 with stores.
• Agsinnoninka (Philippines)
• Al-manqala (Palestine)
• Ali Guli Mane (India— Karnataka)
• Anywoli (Ethiopia, Sudan)
• Aw-li On-nam Ot-tjin (Borneo)
• Aweet (Sudan, Namibia)
• Ba-awa (Ghana) The board is 2×6 with stores.
• Bajangkaq (Sumatra)
• Baqura (Mesopotamia)
• Bay Khom (Cambodia)
• Bau (the Wa Chaga)
• Beatta (Tayma)
• Bohnenspiel (Germany)
• Chanka (India, Sri Lanka)
• Chisolo (Zambia)
• Chonka (Borneo)
• Chongka, or Tchonka (Marianas)
• Choro
• Chuncajon (Philippines)
• Congkak (Indonesia, Malaysia) The board is 2×7 with stores.
• Coro (Ugando)
• Dakon (Java island of Indonesia)
• Dara-dara (Indonesia— Sulawesi)
• Daramutu (Sri Lanka)
• Ellaewala-kanda (Sri Lanka)
• En Gehé (Maasai of Tanzania)
• Gabata (Ethiopia)
• Galatjang (Sulawesi)
• Halusa (Mesopotamia)
• Hawalis (Oman)
• Igisoro (Rwanda - Burundi)
• Ingilith (the Turkana of Kenya)
• Isafu
• Isafuba
• J'erin (Nigeria)

• Kale (Gabon)
• Kaloleh (Sumatra)
• Kapo (Senegal)
• Kanji guti (India— Orissa)
• Kiela (Angola)
• Khutka boia (India— Punjab)
• Kotu-baendum (Sri Lanka)
• Kombe (Kenya)
• Kubuguza
• La'b Madjnuni (Syria)
• La'b Hakimi, or La'b Akila (Syria)
• La'b Roseya (Syria)
• Li'b al-ghashim
• Longbeu-a-cha (India— Assam)
• Lontu-Holo (the Maroon of Suriname)
• Madji (the Benni of Nigeria)
• Mak Khom (Thailand)
• Mancala'h (Egypt, Syria)
• Mandoli (Greece— Hydra)
• Mangala (Egypt, Turkey - different rules)
• Matoe (Indonesia— Sumba)
• Mawkar katiya (India— Assam)
• Mbau (Kenya— Kilimanjaro region of the Rift Valley)
• Mechiwa (Bali)
• Mefuvha
• Melegayası (Turkey) The board is 2×9 with stores.
• Mereköçdü (Azerbaycan) 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)
• Mongola (Congo, Rwanda)
• Naranj (Maldives)
• Nsolo (Zambia)
• 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)
• Pachgarhwa (India)
• Vaamana Guntalu (Telugu name, India - Andhra Pradesh)
• Pallanguzhi (Tamil of India), also known as Pallankuli.
• Pereauni (Uganda)
• Poo (Liberia)
• Puhulmuti (Sri Lanka)
• Sai (Flores)
• Sat-gol (India)
• Songo
• Sungka (Philippines)
• Til-guti (India)
• Toee (Sudan)
• Toguz korgool (Kyrgyzstan) The board is 2×9 with stores.
• Toguz Kumalak (Kazakhstan); same as Toguz korgool
• Vai Lung Thlan (the Mizo in Mizoram, India)
• Walak-pussa (Sri Lanka)
• Warra (United States)
• Wa-wee (Santa Lucia)
• 散窯 (Sàn yáo) (China—Henan)
• 老牛棋 (Lǎo niú qí) (China—Anhui)
• 分六煲棋 (Fēn liù bāo qí) (China—Guangdong)