NALU MALAI DHAYAM - BOARD GAME PROCEDURE

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LUDO - NALU MALI DHAYAM

Type of the Game    -    Board                Category    -    Boys/Girls
No. of player            -    Minimum 2&4  Age Group -    8 Years 7 above

Scientific Reason

This game enhances the concentration, quick decision making skills and alertness.

Materials Required

  • Game board
  • Dice or Thayakatta 
  • 5 Game pieces for each players

How to play

Route for each player

  1. The game played by two or four players.
  2. Each player has 4 game pieces or coins.
  3. 4 cowries are used as the game pieces.
  4. The players move from the centre square and go round the board as they like according to the counts in the throwing pieces.
  5. The players are eligible to enter inside his playing area to reach his mania to a successful round, only if they cut a coin of the other players.
  6. It is entering in afterwards he has to take his coin to the mania to get centre.
  7. The player who brings all his coins as centre is the winner. 

Rules to play

  1. The game could be started only by putting thayam
  2. While moving if the player’s game piece is in one square and if gets the count suitable to move his coin to that square, he is permitted to cut the coin.
  3. The cut coin goes back to the malai and start again with a thayam.
  4. One who finishes the round after cutting the coin of the opponent at least once is eligible to go for centre.

Goal

The goal of the game is to bring all his coins as centre before the opponent do.


Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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