Customer Reviews

Coffee Table African Stone Game - Solid Wood with Walnut Stain

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Have you ever watched kids play this? They are really good...I mean like ALL kids are good at this game.

After watching my kid (7 now, been playing since 5) play this at her child care we had Santa deliver this one in 2007. It's great.

It is well crafted, handsome and durable.

The beads are glass and appear to be well made.

If you don't know this game it is easy to learn. It has the added benefit that the game is easy to "walk away from" unlike other board games that involve lots of setup and last a long while. The games on this board typically last under 5 minutes so it is a great time-killer when a child is being asked to wait "just a few minutes".

Finally a mancala board large enough to hold enough stones with ease. Very nice wood, dosn't look really cheap like the other boards. The pits are large enough to count stones easily, or add more to the game if you want to make it more challenging.

This board is large and sturdy enough to last a lifetime! What a wonderful addition to our game collection!

The workmanship is high quality - no rough edges to be found anywhere. Also, it is large enough to hold all of the stones (flattened glass marbles) during game play without overflowing, a nuisance with smaller boards.
It is attractive enough that we leave it out on a small table all the time, and it gets lots of complements and much more use than if it were tucked away in the game cabinet! Everyone - young and old - wants to play with it as they pass by!

The marbles that it came with arrive in good condition. They're multicolored - clear, orange, green, and two shades of blue - and the set includes a drawsting storage bag. The set included one spare, and replacements, if ever needed, can easily be found if needed in the floral department of any craft store.

The whole set came packaged in a very attractive, well labeled wrapper - perfect for gift giving.
Love this set!

This is a great game in the first place, but this particular one is great quality. The wood is durable and the stones aren't too big or small for the holes.

Got this to play both 'Easy Oware' and the the real Oware with my 6 year olds. Solid wood construction makes it stable and and stratches are not visible easily. While not playig we keep it in the glass display cabinet in our sitting room as a decoration.

My title says almost all, except that it's so ugly-tacky that I haven't even bothered to use it.
If you like quality & are no fan of ugliness & tackiness, do yourself a favor & resist the temptation to buy this piece of junk.