Parcheesi is a game made by the Parker Brothers. Made in India Parcheesi may have been invented as early as 500 AD. Parchessi is called the Royal Game of India, because the royal families would dress servents in different colored costumes. When played they would stand on a large board outside.

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Parcheesi is were you have 4 ponds. You have 2 dice. You roll the dice and you have to get a 5 to get out of the circle. After you have got your pond out of the circle you try to get your pond around the board and up your color into the center. If you roll double you get to roll again.

To win the game you need to get all your ponds in the center. You need the exact amount to get into the center. If somebody lands on the same spot as you and you’re not on a safe spot your pond has to go back to where you started. The safe spot is a blue spot with a circle in the center.

That’s when, where, and why Parcheesi was invented and how to play.