Variants of the game of mancala:

  • Chongkak (Malaysia)
  • Mak Khom (Siam)
  • Mancal
  • Mancala (Syria)
  • La'b Madjnuni
  • La'b Hakimi
  • La'b Akila
  • La'b Roseya
  • Mancala (Egypt)
  • Mangala (Nubia)
  • Gambatta (Abyssinia)
  • Abangah (Niam Niam in Sudan)
  • Toee (Bongo in Sudan)
  • Kale (Gabun)
  • Madji (Benni in Nigeria)
  • Poo (Liberia)
  • Kapo (Senegal)
  • Mweso (Uganda)
    • H. J. Braunholtz, The Game of Mweso in Uganda., Man. Vol. 31. (July 1931), pp. 121-122.
  • Choro
  • Pereauni
  • Bao (Kenya)
  • Mbau (Kenya)
  • Mbau (Kilimanjaro region)
  • Isafu
  • Chanka (India, Sri Lanka)
  • Naranj
  • Chuncajon (Philippines)
    • Stewart Culin, Philippine Games, American Anthropologist, Vol. 2, No. 4. (Oct-Dec 1900), pp. 643-656.
  • Wawee (Leeward Islands)
  • Chuba (USA)
  • Ba-awa (Ghana)
  • Contu-Holo (Djuka in Dutch Guiana)
  • Hus
  • Chungeajon (Philippines)
  • Gabatta (Abyssinia)
  • Ban (Wa Chaga)
  • Isafuba
  • Halusa (Mesopotamia)
  • Mandoli (Island of Hydra)
  • Baqura (Mesopotamia)
  • Li'b al-ghashim
  • Beatta (Arabia, Teyma)
  • Khutka boia (India, Punjab)
  • Pachgarhwa (India)
  • Mawkar katiya (Assam)
  • Cherrapunji (Khasis)
  • Vai lung thlan (Lushei Kuki clan in Assam)
  • Longbeu-a-cha (Assam)
  • Kubuguza
    • Alan P. Merriam, The Game of Kubuguza Among the Abatutsi of North-East Ruanda. Man, Vol. 53. (November 1953), pp. 169-172.
  • Kanj guti (Orissa)
  • Til guti
  • Pallankuli (Tamils in India)
  • Sat-gol (India)
  • Puhulmuti (Sri Lanka)
  • Walak-pussa (Sri Lanka)
  • Kotu-baendum (Sri Lanka)
  • Daramutu (Sri Lanka)
  • Ellaewala-kanda (Sri Lanka)
  • Meusueb (Achehn in Sumatra)
  • Meuta' (Achehn in Sumatra)
  • Meuchoh (Achehn in Sumatra)
  • Meulieh (Achehn in Sumatra)
  • Bajangkaq (Sumatra)
  • Kaloleh (Sumatra)
  • Dakon (Java)
  • Mechiwa (Bali)
  • Matoe (Soemba)
  • Sai (Flores)
  • Chonka (Borne)
  • Aw-li on-nam ot-tjin (Borneo)
  • Galatjang (Celebes)
  • Dara-dara (Celebes)
  • Agsinnoninka (Philippines)
  • Ingilith (Turkana)
  • Warri (Nigeria)
    • Henry R. Muller, Warri: A West African Game of Skill, The Journal of American Folklore. Vol. 43, No. 169. pp. 313-316.
  • Songo
    • P. H. G. Powell-Cotton, H. J. Braunholtz, A Mancala Board Called "Songo.", Man. Vol. 31. (July 1931), pp. 123.
  • Mefuvha
    • H. A. Stayt, The Bavenda.
  • Ouril (Cape Verde)

Information about most of these games can be found in one of the following,

  • HJR Murray, History of Board Games other than Chess (1952)
  • Laurence Russ, Mancala Games (1984)