The goal is to transfer the most stones from the two rows into your home. Mancala is what is known as a 'transfer game.' The board has two rows of depressions, plus end 'home' bowls. a game that kids as young as 5 can learn and play with skill, but which doesn't get boring as they grow older.quick game with enough strategy to keep it interesting.(Note: this post contains affiliate links that earn commission from qualifying purchases.) And if you've been playing some of those games with your kids then you have been doing great things for their growing brains.
If you are long time reader of this blog ( waves hello!) then you will know that the results of my game inquiry has been a series of posts featuring DIY multicultural games. It is also the game which, when I finally purchased it, became the inspiration for my inquiry into other historical games that kids and grownups have played around the world with little more than a few found items and their brains. Mancala is a strategy game that two people can play.
