Pachisi ( Hindi पचीसी ; from “pachis” - “twenty-five”) is a board game that appeared in India more than 4,000 years ago. It is a playing field in the form of a cross, along which the player moves the chips. The number of cells the chip moves to is determined by throwing five, six, or seven kauri shells [1] . It is considered the national game of India [2] .
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| Players | 2-4 |
| Similar games | Parchis |
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History
The first description and game accessories of the pachisi are dated according to Indian sources and the results of archeological excavations to the third millennium BC. The exception is the playing field, the modern look of which is known not earlier than from the 16th century. Later objects, which can be considered as the playing field of the pachis, are also known from the third millennium BC, but differ in shape: this can be both a field depicted on a stone, and a drawing made on a fabric [1] .
One of the versions of the game, which has an equally ancient origin, is chaupar [3] [4] .
Origin of title
The name of the game is derived from the word "Pachis", meaning "twenty-five" in Hindi . This number is the maximum possible number of points that can be earned in one throw in the traditional version of the game [1] . In other variants of the game the number of points may be higher.
Game Rules
Pachisi can play two, three or four people. When playing the four of us, players usually form two teams [5] .
In the most common variant of the pachis, each player receives four chips, which differ in color. Before the start of the game, they are installed in the central square of the playing field. The task of the player is to be the first to circumvent the entire field with all chips. In his turn, the player throws six kauri shells, and then determines how many points he has earned, counting the number of shells lying hole up. Throwing six or more points, the player gets the right to an extra throw.
| Kauri | Glasses | Extra throw |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 25 | |
| one | ten | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | |
| four | four | |
| five | five | |
| 6 | 6 |
After the throw, you can move only one chip on the field. To enter the game an additional chip, you need to throw at least 6 points. If a moving chip ends in a cage where another player's chip stands, the alien chip returns to the central square, with the exception of special “lock” cells. A round of the field ends with a return to the central square, while the player must throw out exactly the number of points.
See also
Air chess
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Brown, William Norman. India and Indology / Edited by Rosane Rocher. - Motilal Banarsidass, 1978.
- ↑ Finkel, Irving. The Game of Pachisi, who cites Falkener (1892, p 257) as the originator of the term .. - in Mackenzie, Colin; Finkel, Irving, Asian Games: The Art of Contest, Asia Society. - pp. 46–57. - ISBN 0-87848-099-4 .
- ↑ Swiss Committee for UNICEF. Games of the World. - National Committees for UNICEF, 1982. - P. 28-29.
- ↑ The Rules of Pachisi Neopr . Masters Traditional Games. The appeal date is September 2, 2013.
- ↑ Mohr, Merilyn Simonds. The New Games Treasury. - Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. - ISBN 1-57630-058-7 .
Links
- Pachisi on BoardGameGeek
- Pachisi and Chaupar Rules
- Version of the game for printing