Best mancala board games
The best mancala board games are Five Tribes The Djinns of Naqala, Trajan and The Great Zimbabwe — the top-rated of 24 mancala board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Five Tribes The Djinns of Naqala (2014) at 7.8/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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Five Tribes The Djinns of Naqala (2014)
2–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Trajan (2011)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
The Great Zimbabwe (2012)
2–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Finca (2009)
2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
Crusaders Thy Will Be Done (2018)
2–4 players · 40–60 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Tak University Edition (2017)
2 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Gold West (2015)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Theseus The Dark Orbit (2013)
2–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
Kalah (700)
2 players · 10 min · ★ 5.9
Complexity
Tao Long The Way of the Dragon (2017)
2 players · 10–30 min · ★ 6.9
Complexity
Longhorn (2013)
2 players · 15 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
A Fistful of Meeples (2019)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Robber Knights (2005)
2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.2
Complexity
Deja Vu Fragments of Memory (2018)
2–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Volcano (2000)
1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8
Complexity
DruidenWalzer (1999)
2 players · 45 min · ★ 5.9
Complexity
Planes (2014)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 5.9
Complexity
Oware (550)
2 players · 20 min · ★ 6.4
Complexity
Jeju Island (2015)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.5
Complexity
Nomads (2017)
2–5 players · 25–45 min · ★ 6.4
Complexity
Space Walk (1999)
2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 5.9
Complexity
Dust in the Wings (2019)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.3
Complexity
SOW (2017)
2–4 players · 15–25 min · ★ 6.1
Complexity
Oh-Wah-Ree (1964)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 5.9
Complexity
Frequently asked
- What is the best mancala board game?
- Five Tribes The Djinns of Naqala (2014) is the highest-rated mancala board game on BoardGameGeek, at 7.8/10 from 33,113 ratings. Trajan and The Great Zimbabwe round out the top three.
- How many mancala board games are there?
- MeeplePick lists 24 mancala board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.
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