Mancala games: Links

A book by Larry Russ

A very nice book on Mancala games has been written by Larry Russ. A current version of this book, in paperback, is available for $14.95, e.g., from amazon.com. (Updated information October 1999.)

Freeware program and book

A freeware program that plays the mancala game Oware, and a book, obtainable for the cost of mailing, can be obtained from a small company called Sapient Software.

Oware.

Programs

Awale. Shareware program that plays the Aware variant of Mancala.
Awele. Information and online and offline play of Mancala variant.
Bantumi. Freeware program that plays Mancala-type game for Windows 95 or higher.
Bao and Bao Zanzibar. Two mancala games; online programs with Flash MX.
Björns Mancala game. Mancala-type game applet.
Duo Games: Mancala. Commercial mancala program for some mobile phones.
Ed's website: Mancala. Play mancala online. (Free, php-based.)
Freeverse Board Games. Include a shareware Mancala program for the Mac.
HigherGames. Online games, including Mancala.
Java Mancala. Use your browser to play a friend or one of nine computer levels. Also supports several variants.
Kalaha. Shareware program playing several variants of Mancala.
Mancala. A windows Mancala game by Bert Greevenbosch. (Freeware.)
Mancala 2000. Mancala game for Windows 3.1 or 95.
Manacla 2000. Shareware Mancala program for Windows NT, 2000, and XP, and for Macintosh OS X en OS 9.
Mancala: Computer program (PC) playing Mancala.
Max - a freeware program playing Awari.
MiniMancala. Modern and small mancala variant by Christiaan Freeling. JavaApplet that lets you play against the computer.
Manputer games. Computerized Mancala - four mancala games playable on the PC. (Demo and ordering information.)
Multi-Mancala. Shareware PC program of Mancala.
Play mancala with a cgi script.
The Oware Wizard. Shareware program for Oware, for Windows and for Linux.
Rocketsnail.com Mancala games. Flash Mancala games. Online play of Mancala, by rocketsnail.com.
Stone Game. Applet playing mancala.
Wari programs. Two strong freeware Wari programs, by Eric Roosendaal.
wMancala. A freeware mancala program can be found on the website of Mobius Freeware.

More links to pages on mancala games

Ali Guli Mane. Rules of a mancala variant from India.
Count and Capture Games. Page describing Mancala games with nice photo's of Museum in Waterloo, Canada.
Trysse. A traditional mancala variant. Page of the Game Cabinet.
Congklak. The version played at Indonesia.
The Glass Bead Game. Modern mancala variant by Christiaan Freeling.
Wari. Catalan explanation of mancala history and Wari rules. With interactive Wari.
Wari. Spanish explanation of Wari rules, with diagrams.
Bao. Rules, tactics, and sample tournament games of Mancala variant from Zanzibar.
Barbados Warri Home page. Site of company selling Carribean version of Mancala.
The International Omweso Society (IOS). Omweso is a complex Mancala game played on a board with 4x8 holes and 64 seeds.
Mancala page of The Online Guide to Traditional Games. Photo's and information.

Please email me if you know more links, or note links that went bad.

WWW page maintained by Hans Bodlaender. Thanks are due to many readers that informed me about additional or non-functional links.

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