Mancala

Android App Analysis and Review: Mancala, Developed by AlignIt Games. Listed in Board Category. Current Version Is 2.5.5.1, Updated On 09/04/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Mancala. Achieved Over 2 million Installs. Mancala Currently Has 3 thousand Reviews, Average Rating 4.1 Stars

After the huge success of All Align it Games, Now We are launching Mancala Game, a two-player abstract strategy board game. Mancala (Congkak) is one of the oldest African traditional board game. Mancala is one of the oldest known ancient board games. There are many variants including Oware and Awale and we are launching this game with variant Kalah Game rules. We will try to add Oware and Awale rules also in upcoming app updates.

Game Ancient History

This game is known as congka or congklak in Indonesia, congkak in Malaysia and Brunei, and sungkâ in the Philippines. Historical records show that similar games also existed in Sri Lanka (where it is known as chonka) and India. In Tamilnadu, India, it is known as Pallanguzhi. A similar game is still found in the Maldives, where it is known as ohlvalhu (literally "eight holes"). It has also spread to the Marianas (where it is known as chongka)
Other names for the game include dakon or dhakon , kunggit (Philippines), dentuman lamban (Lampung) and naranj (Maldives) and pallankuzhi (pallanguli game)

Pallanghuzi (pallanguli), or Pallankuli (பல்லாங்குழி in Tamil, ಅಳಗುಳಿ ಮನೆ or Alaguli Mane in Kannada, "వామన గుంటలు" or Picchala Peeta in Telugu, പല്ലാങ്കുഴി in Malayalam), is a traditional ancient mancala game played in South India especially Kerala & Tamil Nadu. Later the games were spread to other places including Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in India as well as, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Variants are called as Ali guli mane (in Kannada), Vamana guntalu (in Telugu), and Kuzhipara (in Malayalam)


Our free Align it Mancala game offers

- single-player Mancala game (play with Computer)
- 2 players game (Oware multiplayer)
- easy, medium and hard difficulties in the single-player Mancala game
- play online with Anyone (Awale Online Game)
- Play online with Friends (Kalah Game)
- chat option in online Congkak Game
- Check your Rank in Mancala online Game (Leaderboard)
- game statistics in Congkak Game


Kalah, also called Kalaha or Mancala, is a game in the mancala family imported in the United States by William Julius Champion, Jr. in 1940. This game is sometimes also called "Kalahari", possibly by false etymology from the Kalahari desert in Namibia.

As the most popular and commercially available variant of mancala in the West, Kalah is also sometimes referred to as Warri or Awari, although those names more properly refer to the game Oware.



Mancala Multiplayer Board Game Rules



- There are 6 small holes(pots) on both sides, Each hole contains 4 stones at starting of the game and Each player has their own Mancala pot.

- Play your move by tapping on one of your 6 pots, You will get a free turn if your move\'s last stone lands in your Mancala pot.

- You can capture all of the opponent's stones from a hole by landing your last stone in front of opponent's hole. Captured stones will land in your Mancala pot.

- The game ends when all six holes(pots) on one side of the Mancala board are empty.

- The player who captures more stones in his Mancala pot wins.


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