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Game "SHO"
Round yak leather pad (filled with yak wool), called SHOTEN, 21 coins called
LAGKHEY, (in 3 sets of 9 coins), small wooden bowl called SHOPO, shells (64)
called DSHUMBU and 2 dice called SHO.
Nnga gen chi shon, if you are playing in the morning the oldest person begins,
if you are playing in the afternoon or evening then the youngest person begins.
- place SHOTEN (pad) in the center of the table, spread the 64 shells,
DSHUMBU in a loose circle around the 9 pad,
- each player gets 9 identical LAGKHEY (coins), that are kept and gradually brought in to the game.
- Each DSHUMBU(shell)represents a space for players to move along ,e.g. if player rolls a 6 he places LAGKHEY (coin) in the space after the 6TH DSHUMBU (shell) to make a space.
- the winner of the game is the player who first moves all his LAGKHEY(coins), from start through and out the other end of the DSHUMBU (shell)circle.
- To roll the SHO (dice) place both dice in the SHOPO forcefully down onto the SHOTEN (pad), covering the two SHO (dice) in the process
- There are 3 basic moves a player can make during the
game, 'place' 'kill' or 'add'. If he can kill or add a coin then he gets to roll
the dice again. If he can only place a coin then his turn is over.
- PLACE; a player places his coin in an empty space. 2 players cannot occupy the
same space, except for the first go.
- KILL ; a player must land on a coin or coins of an opponent to kill they must
have at least the same number of coins or more than their opponent. If they have
fewer numbers of coins, they cannot kill or even land on that space . the player
who got killed has to start again from the beginning. -ADD; a player must land
on one of his own coins, stack of coins are moved together as one so it is to
the players advantage to add as many coins as possible to one stack. In addition
the more coins he can put in one stack the less likely he is to be killed by an
opponent and more likely he is to kill an opponent in turn.
- on the first roll each player can move 2 coins on the board. -on the first
roll if a player has a 2 and 1 this is called SUGU BARRA they can start by
putting 3 coins in the game after the 3rd shell.
- only on the first roll, if the second player rolls the same number as the
first player the he places a stack of 3 coins in the same spot and the first
player must with draw their coins. If the next player one start from the
beginning again but if they hot the same spot they can replace the stack and add
one more coin the same goes for player 2
- When a 2 (two ones) are rolled that is called a BARRA if it is the players
first move they can out 3 coins down, if it is on the second or subsequent move
the player has the option to either move 2 more coins onto the game putting them
space two or they can use a coin or stack of coins already in the play to kill
an opponent or otherwise add to their own . They can also choose to roll the
dice again adding that number to the two and then place, kill or add.
- If an opponent whom the players wants to kill has other coins in the game
then the players after killing can Throw the dice gain and move, if he kills the
only coins of his opponent he must stop and cannot roll again.
- if all the coins of a player are killed then with his next move he is allowed
to put two of them back in the game.
If he rolls a 6 and 3 he can out a stack with all of
his coins back in the game.
- The player who rolls the dice is not allowed to remove the cup over the dice
themselves, the player next inline must do so. If the player forgets then
he must roll again.
- when one of the players has moved all their coins beyond the shells.
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Oh Dan Guest House
No. 15 Ramoche Road
Lhasa, Tibet, China 850000
Tel: (86 891) 6329859 Office: (86 891) 6330823
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