Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called sowing games, or count-and-capture games, which describes the game-play. Mancala games play a role in many African and some Asian societies comparable to that of chess in the West, or the game of Go in Eastern Asia. The list of mancala games best known in the Western world includes Kalah and Oware. Other games are Congkak, Omweso, Ãœnee tugaluulakh, Bao, Sungka and Igisoro.