RegionEastern Asia, Southeastern Asia, Southern Asia
CategoryBoard, Race, Reach
Description
Pasit is a race game played in Myanmar. In the nineteenth century, it was popular among children and people living in rural areas, and was said to not be popular among people living in cities.
Rules
Four 3x8 rectangles, arranged in a cross-shaped board. the fourth square, counting from the outer corners, in the outer rows of each arm are marked. Four pieces per player. Six cowrie shells are used as dice. The value of the throws is as follows: one mouth up = 10; two mouths up = 2, three mouths up = 3; four mouths up = 5; five mouths up = 25; six mouths up = 12; all mouths down = 6. On the first turn, players get three throws, and enter a piece for every throw of 10 or 25. On the top left square in their arm. Players move their pieces around the board in an anti-clockwise direction. When a piece lands on a space occupied by an opponent's piece, the opponent's piece is removed from the board and must enter again. Pieces resting on marked squares are safe from being removed from the board. When a piece completes a circuit of the board. It moves toward the central row in the player's arm, and progresses up the central row into the large square in the center of the board. The player who moves all of their pieces into the center first wine.
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