Ashta Chamma

Each player places their tokens at their designated starting arm of the cross-shaped board.

Toss the cowrie shells and count how many land face up to determine how many squares you may move.

Move one of your tokens forward along the marked path the counted number of squares.

Landing exactly on a square occupied by an opponent's token sends that token back to its starting point.

Certain marked squares are safe zones where tokens cannot be captured.

The first player to move all their tokens completely around the board and into the home square wins.