Talk:Parcheesi

message: This looks a lot like Ludo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludo_(board_game) 92.7.110.131 (talk) 10:18, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this Ludo? 

message: I've seen conflicting rules regarding rolling again after doubles (or, doublets). The first citation in the article A(PDF) states that, after rolling doubles, a player rolls again "excepting that if he cannot complete the total move on the dice he does not have another throw." The alternate citation in the article B(PDF) states the opposite: after rolling doubles, "if you can't take all four parts of your move don't move your pawns at all. Whether you move or not, roll again." 
Perhaps the rules in the article should cite the most recent published rules from Hasbro? Thintommy 13:56, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rolling again after doubles 

message: In an episode of Ren & Stimpy called Sven Hoek, Stimpy and Sven are looking through boardgames, one of them is "pure cheesy" - should this be added to a new section? Gohst 13:12, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless "Misery Date" is added to that article, I'm going to say the answer is no. 139.225.184.192 (talk) 16:30, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Ren & Stimpy

message: Are rolls taken as in backgammon (each die can, but does not have to, move a separate piece), or are the dice added together? Or can the player choose which? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.168.226.191 (talk) 01:21, June 16, 2006‎
:I read several versions of Parcheesi rules online: 1(PDF)  2(PDF) 3(PDF) 4 5. In all the rules I read, it's clear each die can be used separately on different pawns. When moving one pawn with both dice, some rules clearly state you must use each die separately. (For example, you could use one die to capture an opponent's pawn, then continue the same piece with the other die.) Others rules are unclear, and might be interpreted that when using both dice on one pawn, it must move the sum of the dice indivisibly (and thus wouldn't be able to capture in the first example, it would have to pass over). However, in some of the unclear rules, statements or examples in other sections suggest to me that each die is always considered separately, so my overall conclusion is each die always counts as a seperate move. -- Bavi H 17:01, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of dice 

message: This game seems to have entered the common parlance as something very easy, as in "Maybe you'd better stick to Parcheesi". Is it actually that easy? Sounds like a standard boardgame to me.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.26.169.174 (talk) 01:36, August 6, 2006
:You roll the dice, you move your piece, you get to the center first. Blind dyslexic earwigs can master this game. I love it, tho. :) PacificBoy 03:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, depends on the rules variation. From The New Games Treasury, Mohr (1997), p. 68:A strategic race game; the model for most modern race games. Children who can count can play; in its sophisticated form, it involves enough tactics to keep even chess lovers engaged.Ihardlythinkso (talk) 16:57, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ease? 

message: The "Rules" section reads like a copy 'n' paste. I doubt we need the full set anyway. -Phoenixrod 07:30, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rules section 

message: Who says Pachisi is the national game of India? Please give citation. It is hockey as far as I know.
Zoydip (talk) 04:29, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pachisi isn't National Game of India 

message: This article currently claims that Edgar Allan Poe first copyrighted an American version of Pachisi in 1867, but as he died in 1849, this seems unlikely. A quick Web search didn't turn up anything about this, verifiable or otherwise... can anyone provide any source for this information? Blandoon (talk) 23:07, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edgar Allan Poe 

message: Why are the parcheesi-men called pawns in this article?  They had separate names in India, and I have never seen a playing set in which they were called pawns.  Pawns are in chess.  After a respectful pause for reply, I will probably change this. J S Ayer (talk) 03:09, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed and . "Pawn" is sometimes used as synonym for "token" or "piece". (But "piece" is better, and both were in play [pun] in the article.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 16:49, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pawns? 

message: Mensch Ärgere Dich Nicht is the name of a German version of pachisi, but apparently it is a brand name, not the general name, so I will leave it deleted. J S Ayer (talk) 02:53, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Mensch ärgere dich nicht is another Cross and circle game; check the category page, also linked in the "See also" section. (Actually, I haven't looked into HOW similar the rules of these two members of the family may be).--Nø (talk) 10:01, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  German name 

message: 'The safe square paragraph says you need a 6 to enter, but everything else says a 5 is needed to enter. Delter9 (talk) 02:40, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number required to enter 

message: Nowhere does it say who owns the brand name - it's Selchow & Richter if I remember correctly. Seems as though it should appear somewhere Irish Melkite (talk) 04:27, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brand name 

message: Doesn't seem like both need their own articles. - Richfife (talk) 18:50, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge to a variants section in [[Pachisi]]? 

message: Someone has just added the Jeu des petits chevaux as the French version of Parcheesi.  I looked at the French page for this game, and find that it has a section listing the differences between Parcheesi and Little Horses.  I think the French game should therefore be listed under Pachisi as another variant, like those we have already in various English, Spanish, and German-speaking countries. J S Ayer (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  French Game of Little Horses 

message: No printed set of rules that I've seen -- including the one cited by this article -- calls the starting area the "nest."  The cited rules call it the "corner to the player's right." Some unofficial rules call it the "home circle." Whence does the term "nest" originate? —Rogermw (talk • contribs) 23:00, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of each player's starting area 

message: I regret that our childhood Parcheesi sets seem to be no longer extant.  I finally looked at the two reproduced sets of rules, and it appears to me that neither one specifies the direction of play! J S Ayer (talk) 02:39, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Direction of play 

message: Maybe this exemplifies multiple variations?
Per the text, the board has "68 spaces around the edge of the board, 12 of which are darkened safe spaces."  Also, the round starting nests are colored differently, one for each player's color.  The board in the photo has no outside track and the four circular corners are all predominantly light blue, though with different arrangements of the trim around the light blue. JamesMLane t c 18:29, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo doesn't match text description of board 

message: Can an opponent be sent back to jail if the are occupying my safety and I roll a 5 to get out of jail? 2601:6C0:8283:1A30:E772:1854:5196:1591 (talk) 20:26, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Safety