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The shells are thrown from the player's hand and the number of cowries which fall with their openings upwards indicate how many spaces the player may move, and whether the player make take another turn.
 
The shells are thrown from the player's hand and the number of cowries which fall with their openings upwards indicate how many spaces the player may move, and whether the player make take another turn.
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!Cowries !!Value !!Another turn?
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|1 || 10 || Yes
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|2 || 2  || No
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|3 || 3  || No
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|4 || 4  || No
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|5 || 5  || No
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|6 || 6  || Yes
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In some versions, seven [[Cowry|cowrie shells]] are used to determine the amount to move the players' pieces. The shells are thrown from the player's hand and the number of cowries which fall with their openings upwards indicate how many spaces the player may move:
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!Cowries !!Value !!Name!!Another turn?
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|0 || 7 || Sat || Yes
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|1 || 10 || Dus || Yes
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|2 || 2  || Dooga || No
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|3 || 3  || Teeni || No
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|4 || 4  || Chari || No
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|5 || 25  || Pachees || Yes
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|6 || 35  || Paintees || Yes
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|7 || 14  || Chaudah || Yes
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 08:30, 13 May 2016

Pachisi (Hindi: पचीसी) is a cross and circle board game that originated in ancient India which has been described as the "national game of India".

Description

It is played on a board shaped like a symmetrical cross.

A player's pieces move around the board based upon a throw of six or seven cowrie shells, with the number of shells resting with aperture upwards indicating the number of spaces to move.

The name of the game derives from the Hindi word pachis, meaning twenty-five, the largest score that can be thrown with the cowrie shells. Thus the game is also known by the name Twenty-Five.

There are other versions of this game where the largest score that can be thrown is thirty.

There are other well known versions of the game, chaupar, chausar, chaupur or caupur.

The word caupur derives from the Sanskrit catus pada meaning he who has four legs.

Parcheesi, Sorry! and Ludo are among the many Westernized commercial versions of the game.

It is also possible that this game had led to the development of the Korean board game Yunnori, through the ancient kingdom Baekje.

Traditional equipment

Each player has four beehive-shaped pieces (this can be increased to up to 16 pieces each side in some versions).

The pieces of one player are distinguishable from another by their color: black, green, red and yellow are used for each player.

Six cowrie shells are used to determine the amount to move the players' pieces.

The shells are thrown from the player's hand and the number of cowries which fall with their openings upwards indicate how many spaces the player may move, and whether the player make take another turn.

Cowries Value Another turn?
0 25 Yes
1 10 Yes
2 2 No
3 3 No
4 4 No
5 5 No
6 6 Yes

In some versions, seven cowrie shells are used to determine the amount to move the players' pieces. The shells are thrown from the player's hand and the number of cowries which fall with their openings upwards indicate how many spaces the player may move:

Cowries Value Name Another turn?
0 7 Sat Yes
1 10 Dus Yes
2 2 Dooga No
3 3 Teeni No
4 4 Chari No
5 25 Pachees Yes
6 35 Paintees Yes
7 14 Chaudah Yes

See also

External links

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