Mancala

Pros: easy, addictive, durable board, many variations
Cons: None

Just about every time I go to a toy store, I see some parent fighting with a crying child and hear the parent say something similar to “we are just here to look, not buy" or “We are looking for a present for your third cousin once removed, and...

Pros: colorful playing pieces, fun animal shapes
Cons: wood playing board is of poor quality, only 2 players

When I first played the original Mancala game, I instantly fell in love with it. But, when I saw the Mancala for Kids game, I knew I had to buy it. I found the Kids version at Target for about $10. The manufacturer of this product is Pressman.
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Pros: Great for all ages.
Cons: Stones get lost easily.

My sister taught me a version(I think she made it up) of this classic game a few years ago. We got in to it, played for a few weeks, then like every other toy received by a child at Christmas, stuck it in the closet.

Now my cousin has come to...

Pros: Great Educational game & replaceable pieces.
Cons: None that I can think of.

Oh this is a game I truly enjoy playing. I don't have the patience required for most thinking games so I am not exactly sure why I love playing this game. Maybe it is the thrill of "hunt," chasing down those gemstones can be exciting. Or maybe it is...

Pros: interesting, challenging
Cons: small pieces

Mancala is a timeless game - one that the kids will play over and over again and never get bored with it. My kids first played it at their after school program, and it was just a matter of time before we had to buy one for home use.

My eleven...

Pros: inexpensive and fun for all ages
Cons: colored stones get lost easily

I was introduced to Mancala when I worked at a game store and also at an after-school program I worked at for kids 5-12. It is a deceptively simple game that is easy to learn even for a kindergartner. However, as you advance in skill the game becomes...

Pros: Easy to learn how to play; all ages can enjoy it
Cons: Marbles get lost easily; it can take awhile for it to be your turn

Mancala is a simple little game that dates back at least 1,300 years. The simple concept of a count and capture game still seems to hold the attention of players of all ages, even today. When I first saw Mancala on the store shelf, I had ...

Pros: Fun; easy or challenging
Cons: gemstones are small and can be choked on

Mancala is one of our favorite games. It is easy and difficult at the same time. Mancala is an ancient game played in Africa and Asia for centuries. The name of the game, gameboards and rules differ among regions in these countries, but the strategy...

Pros: easy setup + clean up, easy to learn, replaceable pieces
Cons: small parts not suitable for small children

There comes a time in every person's life I think where they want to revert to things they did as children. I think there also comes a point when everyone sits back and says "Gosh, I'm old!"

For me both of those things happened when I got...

Pros: small, compact, easy to learn
Cons: none

We got this game several years ago, and we love it. When my son was 6 he began playing,and caught on very quickly. He first did not understand that the game was about strategy, and merely moved his stones around the board, but as the years have gone...

Pros: Inexpensive, durable, fun for almost all ages (with supervision of little ones)
Cons: You have to be careful to not eat the game pieces!

Eventually every kid gets tired of complicated board games. Mancala offers a strategic game with out the complication. What brought us to buying this game was the fact that my daughter loved it after playing it in camp. She was taught an incorrect...

Pros: Fun to play!
Cons: A bit difficult to figure out initially!

My daughter was given the Mancala Game last year for Christmas & everyone in my family enjoys playing it!

The game is for two players. The board is usually made of wood that has 14 compartments. 6 compartments are for each player's pieces...

Pros: Easy to learn. Fun to play! GREAT for all ages!
Cons: Small playing pieces need to be kept out of small hands.

Mancala is believe to be the oldest game in the world. Historians agree that it originated around the continent of Africa because it's very name, "Mancala", in Arabic means "to transfer".

Mancala is played differently in...

Pros: Fun, fast paced, strategy game
Cons: You don't need to buy it. Really!

While packing up for a recent move, I found a dusty Mancala set that I had bought for my husband. He loves strategy games, and this was one of my favorite things to play when I was young, but somehow it had ended up shoved on one of the closet shelves,...

Pros: easy to teach kids, educational to play
Cons: none

I can remember playing this game when I was growing up with my aunt, it was always one of our favorite. I bought it this year for my kids and they love it. Really the eight year old loves it. His three and a half year old sister just likes to watch us...