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Ashtapada

A
PLAYERS
2-4
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Each player places their set of tokens at their designated starting squares on the 8x8 board.

2

Roll dice or throw cowrie shells to determine how many squares to move a token along the marked path.

3

Landing exactly on an opponent's token sends that token back to the start.

4

Certain marked squares act as safe havens where tokens cannot be captured.

5

The first player to move all of their tokens completely around the board and off the far end wins.