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Main Pacheh
(Main Pachih)
Ruleset:
Main Pacheh
Game
See the game Main Pacheh for more details.
Period(s)
Modern
Summary
Rules for Main Pacheh.
Description
These rules were played in Penang, Malaysia in the early twentieth century.
Rules
5x5 board, with the central square on each side and the central square of the board marked with an X. Two to four players, each with four pieces, which start on one of the marked squares on the edge of the board. Four cowrie shells used as dice. The throws are as follows, with the value of the throws equaling the number of mouths which land up, all mouths down = 8, and grants the player another throw. Pieces moves in a spiral track around the board in an anti-clockwise direction until they reach the space before the starting point, at which point they proceed around the inner circles in a clockwise direction, and then to the central space. When a player lands on a space occupied by an opponent's piece, the opponent's piece is sent back to their starting position. When a player reaches the central square by an exact throw, it is removed from the board. The first player to remove all four of their pieces from the board wins.
Concepts
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Reference
Dussek 1919: 70.
Other Rulesets
Origin
Malaysia
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.873
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