PACHISI BOARD GAME - Bookcase Edition

PACHISI (PARCHEESI) - The national game of India, dates back to 4 AD and remains popular today. Each player has a set of 4 pawns. The goal is to move the pawns around the board to the finish section. Movement is controlled by dice. All players move around the same board, so they may capture each other’s pawns. Captured pawns are returned to their player's start and must continue their journey over. The winner is the first player to move all pawns to finish.

Information

All parts were printed with PLA filament. I use a textured plate for adhesion. Some parts will need to be superglued, for example, the book spines are glued to the square cornered side of the bookcase box.

Countless hours have gone into the collection and I hope to continue to expand the collection based on continued interest. Some of the games are long and large prints. Special thanks to Peter Varadi for the inital work on the game board.

Rules of Pachisi

Game Setup

Each player has 4 game pieces of he same color. Pieces start from their “Home” area (marked with house symbol).

The first player who moves all of his pieces to the finish “Star” tiles wins the game. 
Players take turns in clockwise order. Each turn, 6 dice are thrown, refer to the movement chart.

Game Play

The first piece for each player can leave the “Home” area using any step number. Going further, the player can only move pieces from the “Home” area by throwing the dice combination that show the “Home” symbol on the movement chart. Pieces start their track on the tile marked with an arrow.

Pieces move around the track given by the step number shown in the movement chart.

Multiple pieces of the same color can occupy the same space. 
If no piece can legally move according to the number thrown, play passes to the next player.
Capturing 
If a piece lands on a piece of a different color that is not on a safe space (grey shield), the piece jumped upon is captured and returned to its “Home” area.
Barriers
Barriers are made by stacking two pieces of the same color.
A barrier cannot be landed on or passed by any piece, even of the same color.
Barriers should be opened when they cannot legally move any other of their pieces. 
Safe Spaces
Safe spaces are grey and marked with a shield sign. Captures are not possible in safe spaces.
When advancing to an occupied safe space, the other player's game piece stays and is not moved to their “Home”.
No more than two pieces may occupy the same safe space. The move is not possible if the advance has to finish in a safe space occupied by two pieces.
Throwing a Six Step
A throw of 6 steps gives another turn unless it is the 3rd six step in a row.
If 3 six steps are rolled in a row, on the third six step, instead of a normal move, the piece moved on the previous throw of six steps is immediately returned to the home area – unless it was on the finish track in which case it is safe and is not returned.
Winning

When a piece has circumnavigated the board, it proceeds up the finish column. A piece can only be moved onto the finish “Star” area by an exact throw. As soon as a piece reaches the finish area it doesn't matter which finish “Star” tile it's placed on. The finish area is considered one unit. Each finish column is only open for pieces of the same color.

The first person to move all 4 pieces into the finish area wins.

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There you will find the Bookcase Edition of great 3D print board games. Each game is different and very unique and complete with all playing pieces, game board and a bookcase style box that can be stored on a shelf. Enjoy!

DEDICATION

The Bookcase Edition is dedicated to my friend Don, as the Old Guys Gang continue to play boardgames in his memory even though his seat is empty now.