Bheri Bakhri
Ruleset:
Bheri Bakri
Game
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Period(s)
Modern
Summary
Rules fo Bheri Bakri
Description
Rules for Bheri Bakri from Garhwal, India in the early twentieth century.
Rules
3x8 board. Eight pieces per player, which start in the spaces of the outer rows of the board. Four cowrie shells used as dice, the number of mouths face up being the value of the throw. A throw of 1 grants the player another throw. A player must throw 1 for the first move of each of their pieces. Players may only play with one piece out of the home row at a time and cannot move the next of their pieces until the piece being played has been captured. Throws of 1 must be used to move a piece in the home row, if possible. Pieces move from left to right in the player's home row, then from right to left in the central row, left to right in the opponent's home row, and right to left in the central row. When a piece lands on a space occupied by an opponent's piece, the opponent's piece is captured. The player who captures all of the opponent's pieces wins.
Concepts
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Reference
Das Gupta 1927: 298-299.
Other Rulesets
Origin
India
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.765
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