2 players
Bakkis
- Game family
- reach
- Origin
- Somaliland
Overview
Bakkis is a race game played in Somaliland in the nineteenth century. It was said to be the same game as Pachisi, but no rules were given.
Source rules (English)
The game Bakkis is played by two players on a noshape board with nobasis tiling. All players play with Pawns. The following pieces are shared by all players: Dies with 2 faces valued [0, 1], Dies with 2 faces valued [0, 1], Dies with 2 faces valued [0, 1], Dies with 2 faces valued [0, 1], Dies with 2 faces valued [0, 1], Dies with 2 faces valued [0, 1] and Dies with 2 faces valued [0, 1]. Rules for Pieces: Pawns from vertex in the location of the piece current level to vertex ThrowDiceValue of the number of pips owned by Player Shared steps forward from site the location of the piece on track Track moveRule: true captureEffect: if there is an enemy Player at to, for each level at Vertex to (FromTop) remove pieces at to. Players take turns moving. Setup: Place stack of [Pawn1] at vertex Player 1's hand site 0 Place stack of [Pawn2] at vertex Player 2's hand site 0. Rules: Roll the dice and afterwards if vertex Player the moving player's hand site 0 is occupied, from vertex in Player the moving player's hand site 0 to vertex ThrowDiceValue of the number of pips owned by Player Shared minus 1 steps forward from site Entry of the moving player on track Track moveRule: true captureEffect: if there is an enemy Player at to, for each level at Vertex to (FromTop) remove pieces at to or move one of your pieces. Aim: If there are no pieces owned by Player the next player, the next player loses.