🐚 Chowka Bhara

Traditional Indian board game. Roll cowrie shells, race your tokens around safety houses, and capture opponent pawns to enter the center goal!

📖 Chowka Bhara Rules

  • Red starts at Bottom Center `(4,2)`. Green starts at Top Center `(0,2)`.
  • Roll 4 cowrie shells to move: 1, 2, 3 shells mouth up moves that many steps.
  • Rolling 0 up (values 4) or 4 up (values 8) gives an **extra roll**.
  • Tokens must travel outer loop counter-clockwise, then spiral into inner loop.
  • Landing on opponent pawns in non-safe cells captures them and rewards extra roll.
  • You **must** make at least one capture in the game to be allowed to enter the inner loop.
  • Goal: Move all pawns to center square `(2,2)` first.