Mancala Game

This Mancala game is a traditional Africa board game and is one of a family of games that play a role in Africa somewhat similar to chess in the West. The aim of the Mancala game is to collect as many gems in the cup on your furthest right as you can. You and your opponent take turns to move the gems around according to rules given at the beginning of the Mancala game. Mancala is played across Africa and some consider it to be one of the world's oldest games played by Royalty and commoners alike. Its enduring appeal is that its a family game, is used for competitions and many children see mastering its strategy a right of passage. Every year hundreds of tournaments take place across the world to see who's the Mancala master!

After you've played our online Mancala game why not check out and play some of our other traditional African games below to check out our "how to play Mancala" video?