THAYAM BOARD GAME PROCEDURE

THAYAM

Scientific Reason

This game enhances the concentration, visualisation and quick thinking.

Materials Required

• Game board
• Game piece or coin 6 for each player
• 6 cowries as throwing piece

How to play

Route for each player

1. Four players play individually or in two pairs.
2. Each player has 6 game pieces or coins. In case of pairing each pair has 16 coins.6 cowries used as throwing pieces.
3. There are eight vertical and eight horizontal lines forming forty nine squares in this game board. There are four Outer and four inner crossed squares and the 9th one at the centre of the board where all coins have to reach to win. Five blank squares are in between two marked squares or malais in the outer squares and three blank squares in between two marked squares and three blank squares in between two marked squares in the second ring of squares and no marked squares in the third ring and the canter point is the ultimate point.
4. The players come down from his “malai” or “manai” and go round according to the numbers thrown in the showing pieces. Other players also follow the same procedure.
5. In case, one player’s coin happens to reach the square where the coin of other players is located, the latter gets cut by the former.
6. One cutting is essential to enter the inner squares and the rest of the cutting is the choice of the players.
7. Coins of all players could be positioned at all the manais(malais) the coins move in the inner squares according to the throw and reach the central manai through the blank square in between their starting square and the central square.
8. One who brings all the 6 coins first to the central manai (malai) is the winner. 

Rules to play

1. Coin would not be cut in the crossed squares where any coin could be stationed.
2. Second throw is permitted for 1, 12, 5, &6.
3. The cut coins goes back to the “malai” and starts a game with a thayam.
4. The players are eligible to enter the inner squares. Only after cutting an opponent coin.
5. Once the player touches the game piece for a move, he has to move the same coin.
6. If in pairing the pairs should be seated in opposite side.

Goal

The goal of the game is to make all 6 coins to reach the manai without cut by the opponent player as per the conditions.