Which mancala variation uses an 8 by 4 board?

Question

Which mancala variation uses an 8 by 4 board?

Answer 1

Three of them - Hus (Namibia), Bao (Zimbabwe) and Omweso (Uganda). The only reference I saw for endodoi stated that it could be played on boards in a range of sizes.

See the sites below for more info.

Answer 2

Endodoi.

Answer 3

Hi,

usually the number of rows is given first, then the number of "files", so it's four by eight among mancala experts.

Back to your question:

There are, in fact, countless mancala games that can be played on a 4x8 board. I can give you a few (Endodoi is not one of them as it is played on a two-row board; 2x6 - 2x12):

Hus

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Hus

Omweso

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Omweso

Bao la Kiswahili

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Bao_la_...

Bao la Kimasai

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/trade...

Bao Kiarabu

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Bao_la_...

Igisoro

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Igisoro

Isolo II

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Isolo_I...

Isolo III

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Isolo_I...

Mangola

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Mangola...

Mefuvha

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Mefuvha

Moruba

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Moruba

Mwambulula

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Mwambul...

Nsolo

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Nsolo

Tchadji

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Tchadji

Tsoro

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Tsoro