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
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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.