Pachisi

The pachisi is a Board game originating in India; it is generally said that it is the Indian traditional national play. He is played on a apron in the shape of cross to the four equal branches. The players move their parts around the circuit according to the result of the jet of 6 cauris. The number of visible slits indicates most of the time the number of boxes which one can advance a pawn.

The name of the play would come from the word Hindî/Ourdou pachis which means twenty-five , the greatest realizable score with six cauris.

The pachisi is most probably at the origin of the plays which resemble to him besides: the Parcheesi states-unien, the Ludo English, the do not make You of it German origin and of course the Jeu of the small horses French. Many Western or Asian plays are similar for him. One even attached a time to this family of plays the Mexican Patolli but the historians agree today to refute any filiation in spite of the resemblance of the aprons of play.

Regulate

There exist many alternatives. The rule most commonly practiced is played by throwing 6 cauris. According to the number of split faces which appear, one determines the number of boxes to advance and if one can rejouer or not:

One generally plays in the opposite direction of the needles of a watch. The pawns are located at the beginning in the center of the apron. They must go down towards the end from an arm from the cross, make all the turn and go up by the same way that they went down.

See too

  • Jeu of the small horses
  • Ludo
  • Parcheesi
  • do not make You
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