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Pachisi (Pachis, Pucheesee)DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Southern Asia

Category Board, Race, Escape

Description

Pachisi is a race game and one of the longest-played games in South Asia. It is widely played throughout South Asia, and was transformed in the UK and US as Ludo and Parcheesi.

Rules

The game is played either by two teams of two players, or by two players playing with two sets of pieces. The pieces move along the outer track of the board according to dice throws. If a piece lands on a space occupied by an opponent, the opponent's piece is sent back to the starting position. Certain marked squares indicate spaces where pieces are safe from being sent back. After completing a circuit of the board, the pieces then move into the central row of squares in the arm where the player began. The player must then move off all of their pieces by an exact roll. The player or team to remove all of their pieces from the board first wins.

Wikipedia

These rules were taken from the Wikipedia ruleset.

All Rulesets

Described rulesets
Wikipedia General rules described on Wikipedia

Observed rulesets
Pucheesee (Deccan six cowries) Observed in the Deccan by G. Herklots.
Pucheesee (Deccan seven cowries) Observed in the Deccan by G. Herklots.

Origin

South Asia

Ludeme Description

Pachisi.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1951: 135

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Sources

Herklots, G. 1832. Qanoon-e-Islam, or the Customs of the Moosulmans of India. London: Parbury, Allen, and Co.

Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.125

BGG.2136


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