HEAD TO HEAD
Mancala vs Royal Game of Ur
Traditional
ERA
c. 2600 BC
Horn of Africa
ORIGIN
Mesopotamia
2 players
PLAYERS
2 players
Board, seeds/stones
EQUIPMENT
Board, dice, 14 tokens
Varies
PLAYING AREA
20-square board
10–30 min
DURATION
15–30 min
None
GOVERNING BODY
None
No
OLYMPIC
No
Different Similar
MANCALA IN ONE LINE
Mancala is a family of two-player count-and-capture board games played with seeds or stones distributed across pit rows. Players sequentially sow seeds around the board to capture opponent pieces and accumulate the most counters.
ROYAL GAME OF UR IN ONE LINE
The Royal Game of Ur is an ancient Mesopotamian race board game played by two players. Players roll tetrahedral dice to race seven pawns along a twenty-square board, capturing opponent pieces and landing on safe rosette squares.