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Shagai Khayalgakh

S
PLAYERS
2-6
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Scatter the ankle bones across the flat surface so they land in random positions and orientations.

2

Each bone naturally rests on one of four sides, and players call out which side they predict before flicking a bone to check.

3

Using a flicking finger motion, a player tries to strike one bone into another of a matching side without disturbing the rest of the pile.

4

A successful strike lets the player keep both bones and take another turn; a miss or disturbing other bones ends the turn.

5

Play continues around the group until all bones are collected, and the player holding the most bones wins.