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Oh-Wah-Ree

#1970BGG ↗

1962 · 2-4 players · 30min · weight 1.54 · 292 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
1970
Name
Oh-Wah-Ree
Year
1962
Rank
15389
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.5385
Num weights
26
Bayes avg
5.53558
Average
5.94832
Users rated
292
Num owned
1280
Wanting
6
Wishing
37
Num comments
195
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:35:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (1)
Mancala
Categories (1)
Abstract Strategy
Description (956 chars)

Part of the 3M Bookshelf Series later acquired by Avalon Hill. From the box: It takes a fascinating game to live on for 3500 years, and to have devotees in nations all over the world. Such a game is OH-WAH-REE, now available in a special edition to suit modern tastes. Like other historic games, OH-WAH-REE appeals to players of all ages; children love it as a fast-moving game of pebble and pit action and capture; adults, playing in another dimension, enjoy it as an exercise in long-range planning and execution. OH-WAH-REE can be played by two, three, or four players. The contoured fold-away board, pebbles, markers, and instruction folder go into a handsome case which fits easily on any bookshelf. This is a Mancala game with additional rules to allow play for up to 4 players. The players mark their pits by placing a colored marble in a hole next to the pit. The pebbles are genuine stone pebbles that have been tumbled to make them smooth.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.