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coz i heard it in a quote and i cant stop saying it but no one has heard of it. "would anybody like to partake in a game of porcheze"
(porcheze is not spelled like that thats how it said)

2006-11-10 05:33:30 · 3 answers · asked by cookie monster 2 in Games & Recreation Board Games

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Yes, it's a real game.

Parcheesi is played with two dice and the goal of the game is to take each of four colored pawns to the center square.

The Parcheesi board has sixty-eight squares in all. Sixteen of these are safe squares (squares where one's pawn cannot be "eaten" — forced to return to start — by an opponent's). A pawn that does land on an opponent's pawn on an unsafe square "eats" it and then continues the rest of the player's turn. When a player sends another player's pawn back to its nest, that player gains 20 points that he may move with only one of his pawns.

Five has a special value in this game because it serves to get pawns out of the nest where they begin the game. When a five is tossed (or any combination totaling five) the player must get a pawn out of the nest if possible.

Two of a single player's pawns can form a blockade when they share the same space. It is destroyed when one of the two pawns moves or when there is no other way to move for any pawn than by passing over the blockade.

When a doublet (pair) is tossed, the player gains an extra turn. In addition, if all the pawns are outside the nest, the values below the dice can also be used. For example, a player who rolls 6-6 can also move 1-1 with either the same pawns or different ones. With two pawns on the board, a player can move 7 with one pawn and 7 with another one. With three pawns a player can move 6-1-7, and with 4 a player can move 6-6-1-1. Therefore, with this type of play, the player always moves one or more pawns a total of fourteen spaces. If all of the 14 cannot be used, the turn is forfeited. A player with 3 consecutive doublets must return one of their pawns to the nest. This pawn must be the pawn closest to the center.

When a pawn enters the arrival square by exact count, the player gains 10 points that can be used to move one pawn. If this cannot be done with the pawns remaining on the board, the points are lost.

2006-11-10 05:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by bon b 4 · 1 0

Yup, only it's called Parcheesi. It's an older board game where you try to move your pawns around and get them into a home base. They have made all kinds of "new" theme based versions (like animals, food etc.) See below link for a view.

2006-11-10 05:38:12 · answer #2 · answered by sofgrant 4 · 1 0

I think you mean Parchese. And that is not how it's said. And yes, it is a real game.

2006-11-10 05:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by CuteWriter 4 · 0 0

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