Pachisi is an ancient Indian board game that has been around for centuries. It is a game of strategy and luck, and is played by two to four players. The game is played on a cross-shaped board, with each player having four pieces that they must move around the
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Pachisi is a cross and circle board game that originated in Ancient India. It is described in the ancient text Mahabharata under the name of "Pasha". 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 as lots, with the number of shells resting with the aperture upward indicating the number of spaces to move.