Board games
Kalah
ABRA, 1940
Kalah is a board game published by ABRA in 1940. It is played with 2 players, from age 5 and in about 10 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 10
- years
- 5+
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The box
- Publishers
- ABRA, Adrenaline Brush Ltd, Alga, Amerous Games, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Barnes & Noble
- Designer
- William Julius Champion Jr.
- Artwork
- Frank Gerwin
- Year of release
- 1940
- Also known as
- Arcana · Awélé · Badari · Bantumi
About the game
Kalah is a modern variation in the ancient Mancala family of games. The Kalah board was first patented and sold in the United States by William Julius Champion, Jr. in the 1950s. This game is sometimes also called "Kalahari", possibly by false etymology from the Kalahari Desert in Namibia.
For most of its variations, Kalah is a solved game with a first-player win if both players play perfect games. The pie rule can be used to balance the first-player's advantage.More from ABRA
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