Hy! I've just returned from 3 weeks in Dominican Republic in the search of mancala games... I've found four versions of a game, Hoyito. I'll post them soon. By...
Hi all, this weekend I tried to give some information on the rules of Bao to a collegue. I noticed that the site is down, and the rules and examples I wrote...
... I had a phone call from Arthur a couple of months ago and they were going to send me their new e-mail address once they had moved, but I haven't got it ...
... The way back machine is a must. http://web.archive.org/web/20040213025102/http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/Bao.html www.gamecabinet.com/rules/Bao.html as...
Hello, I'm looking for somebody who would like to play some Mancala variants with me (by e-mail). My preferred variants are Afrika, Geisterfahrer, Space Walk...
Hi all honorable members ;-) please remind, even late (please apologize) that an Oware International Championship stands, like every year, during the week- end...
Wauri - A fascinating Mancala variant played on Grand Cayman ... Wauri is played on the Cayman Islands, a British Colony in the Caribbean region. Legend has it...
... Serge Mbarga Owona, who attended Cannes last year (http://manqala.org/gallery/cannes2004diumenge/dscn0576), has just published (january 2005) a book about...
Common misconceptions about Mancala games. 1. Mancala games are the oldest board games and were already played in Egypt, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, etc. thousands of...
Hi Viktor and all members, Glenda (from Oware Society) has planned to get some for this event. Kind Regards Guy ... week- ... Games ... for ... published ... ...
... Wow, it's beautiful. Although, I have the feeling it's not a playing board, but a sculpture. It's really simillar to a figure I bought in Zanzibar some...
... It feels a bit strange to me to call these misconceptions. But then if someone says to me that birds fly, I am unlikely to tell them that this is a ...
... Thanks for posting that. I have always wanted to go the games festival in Cannes, but sadly so far I have never managed to do it (and won't be able to this...
... My ducks called Erpi and Maggie don't fly... ... "Feel" is a very strange word for a machine like me ;-) ... Obviously it is very difficult to define a...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the mancalagames group: Is "Eppstein's Mancala" a Mancala game? Rules: ...
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the mancalagames group: What are your favourite Mancala games? (several choices possible) o Bao...
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The first voters must vote again, because I forgot to include Oware (oooops!) and then all votes (about 2 or 3) were lost. But now everything is ok. Ralf...
... It's funny! Yeasterday I was training for the Cannes Oware tournament in a gamers café, and they showed us the oldest mancala board they have. It's...
On some activities, I have a poster with pictures of manqala games and people playing them. I use it as a way to introduce people on what a mancala game is....
... I bought it last year at the Toy Fair in Essen, just for my games collection... ... some in one pit, ... I need to clarify this rule: You put them into...
1. Manuel Querino, em A raça Africana (apud Ramos, 1954, p. 238/239), comenta que escravos libertos da Bahia, os ganhadores ou carregadores de volumes, nas...
A Mancala game was obviously played before the occupation of New Guinea by Indonesia and the genocide of the Papua people in the northwestern part of the...
... Congratulations, a very good finding! For what I understand, theres is, till 1 may, an exhibition in the World Culture (Ethnology?) Museum of Frankfurt am...
... On message 326 you have the original quotation and my bad translation. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/mancalagames/message/326 ... Excuse me, but a...