Sugoroku
Sugoroku ( jap. 雙六 and 双六 ) (literally 'double six') is the name of two Japanese dice - Board games .
The first is played on the map shown and is similar to the ladder game .
The second is related to backgammon and enjoyed great popularity for centuries until it fell into disrepute and over time in the 19th century in the wake of the harsh penalties for gambling introduced by the Tokugawa shogunate . Although attempts were made to revive the game at the beginning of the 20th century, the game is hardly known to any Japanese anymore. Today only the nuns in the Buddhist monasteries of Kyoto pass their time with Sugoroku.
It is played on the backgammon board-like Sugoroku board, but only the right side is used.
Two players compete against each other. Each of them has 15 pieces of one color. The dice are rolled with two cubic dice. The aim of the game is to hit as many stones as possible from the opponent.
Rules of the game
- The players position themselves on one side of the empty game board.
- They alternately roll both dice and place their pieces on the points on their home boards corresponding to the numbers on their home boards, always counting from the edge, not from the bar (see backgammon terminology ).
- If a player rolls a double, he has another roll free.
- When all 15 pieces have been placed, the game begins.
- If a piece lands on an empty space while the opposing field is occupied, these opponent's pieces are captured, must be removed from the board and remain in the possession of the hitting player.
- If a player rolls doubles and his piece lands on a field that is empty or only occupied by one piece, while the opposing field of the opponent is empty, the player must put one or two of the pieces he captured back into the opponent's field .
- If a player has lost all his stones or thrown them out of the game, the game is over.
- The player who has captured the most opposing pieces is the winner of the game.
Source
- The great book of board games . RC Bell, 1980, p. 93.
