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Davinci's Mancala box art
2005 Ranked #17,462

Davinci's Mancala

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Mancala Pattern Building Category: Combinatorial

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.00

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.9/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

DaVinci's Mancala is an intelligent adaption of DaVinci's Challenge to classic mancala. Probably the first mancala with tile placement and pattern building. Subtle strategies guarantee an excellent challenge.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Pattern Building

Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Mancala

Move groups of pieces by distributing them one at a time across spaces.
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Type

1
Abstract

Category

1
Abstract Strategy

Mechanism

2
Mancala Pattern Building

Family

5
Category: Combinatorial Game: DaVinci's Challenge Historical Figures: Leonardo da Vinci Players: Two-Player Only Games Traditional Games: Mancala

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Paul Micarelli Vivienne Springer

Publishers

1
Briarpatch

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