This game helps kids learn to count, improves hand-eye coordination and helps kids focus better. The ultimate aim of the game is to capture as many counters as possible. When a player puts in his last counter in a pit that is before an empty pit, he captures all the counters that are present in the pit after the empty pit. Once his last counter is dropped on the board, he picks up all the counters from the next pit and starts again. Once he finishes putting counters throughout his row, he proceeds on to his opponent’s row, where he keeps placing the counters in one by one. One player begins from one corner of his row, picking up all the counters in the first pit and distributing them one by one counter-clockwise into the remaining pits on his row. The game starts with placing 12 counters into each pit, except the middle pit of each row, where 2 counters are placed.
The number of counters vary widely from one game to another. The board usually has 7 pits on each side, with 146 seeds or stones to be used as counters. The board is wooden and has fourteen semi-circular holes (or pits). It is a 2-player game and all you need is the board and some tamarind seeds (if you can’t get a hold of tamarind seeds, medium-sized stones will do). This game originally came into Andhra Pradesh from Tamil Nadu. The goal is to get all of a player’s pawns into the center of the board. The board has a specific path (in an anti-clockwise manner) through the outer squares into the inner squares.
When you get 4 or 8 you get another turn to roll the shells.ĭepending on your points you can move your pawns that many places on the board. So, the possible points you can get in one roll is 1,2,3,4,8. In other cases, when a shell lands inverted, it carries a value of 1, and when it lands as is, it carries a value of 0. If all the shells are “inverted”, it is called a “chamma”, and if all the shells fall “as is”, it is called “ashta”. The game follows in this manner: a player rolls and throws the cowry shells, counting how many fell “inverted” and how many fell “as is”. On a 5×5 board, each player will have 4 pawns and 4 cowry shells. This is one of the most memorable games throughout Indian history because of its references in epics such as Mahabharata. Traditionally this game was played with cowry shells, but you can also use a pair of dice. This game is based on three key concepts: observation, chance and strategy. For 2 players the board is 5×5 with 5 colored squares and for 4 players the board is 7×7 with 8 colored squares. Depending on the number of players, the board size is decided. This game can be played by either 2 players or 4 players. Recall and replay these games with your children today: 1.
In this article, we plan to introduce children to the most popular traditional games so that they can enjoy the games that you played in your childhood. With PlayStation, mobile phones, and PCs giving people so many games to play, we have almost replaced the traditional Indian games with these modern ones. With time, our games changed into the ones we see around us today. These are very good examples of the rich history of Indian games. You might remember stories of the Pandavas who had lost Draupadi to the Kauravas over a game of dice, or seen statues and paintings of Mughals enjoying a game of chess. A very big part of this culture is the games that were played in the olden days. India’s culture and traditions are one of the most diverse in the world.
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