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Pachih
Ruleset:
Pachih
Game
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Period(s)
Modern
Summary
Rules for Pachih.
Description
These rules were played by the Acehnese people in Sumatra in the early twentieth century.
Rules
Four 3x8 rectangles, arranged in a cross shape around a large central square. The third space, counting from the outer corner, in the two outer rows of each arm of the board are marked with an "X." Four pieces per player. Seven cowrie shells used as dice, the throws as follows: Zero mouths up = 7; one = 10; two = 2; three = 3; four = 4; five = 25; six =30; seven = 14. Throws of 7, 25, 30, and 14 receive an extra throw. Three total throws is the maximum allowed. Pieces begin the game on the top square of the central row of the player's arm of the board. Pieces progress down the central row, then anti-clockwise around the circumference of the board, then up the central row again, to the central space. When a player's piece lands on a spot occupied by an opponent's piece, the opponent's piece is sent back to the starting space. Pieces resting on a marked space cannot be sent back to start; in this case the player's piece as well as the opponent's piece may occupy this space. The first player to bring all four of their pieces to the central space wins.
Concepts
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Reference
Snouck Hurgronje 1906: 201-203.
Other Rulesets
Origin
Sumatra
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.751
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