Dadu
                            
                            
                                
                                                        Ruleset:
                            Short segments                            
                            
                            
                                                     
                            
                                       
                        
                
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                    See the game  Dadu for more details.
                     
                
                
                
                
                        
                                        
                                        
                
                
                
                                                 
                            Summary
                         
                        
                            Played on a board with shorter segments.   
                         
                        
                                                
                            Description
                         
                        
                            Rules for Dadu on a board with shorter segments.   
                         
                                        
                       
                                                
                            Rules
                         
                        
                            Standard rules for Dadu, but the segments on the board are four squares in length, following the pattern of three blank squares followed by a marked square. 
 
Four players on each team. 
 
Four cowry shells are used instead of the usual five. The value of the throw is equal to the number of mouths that land face-up, except four mouths up = 8 plus another throw.     
                         
                                                
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                        
                        
                          
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                             Eliminates special King hitting rule.  
                                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                                                         
                            
                                                        
                            
                            
                
                
                            
                            
                                                        
                                                    
                            
                            
                            
                                                        
                            
                            
                            
                                            
                   
                   
                   
            
                            
                            
                                               
                   
                                     
                
                                        
                
                                        
                
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
             
                
                
                
            
       
        
 
           
                 
        
        Identifiers
         
        
             DLP.GameRulesets.4193  
         
        
                
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