Race Games - Cross and Circle Games, Snakes and Ladders, Trivial Pursuit, Ludo, Senet, Parcheesi, Sorry!, the Mansion of Happiness, Yut (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Cross and Circle games, Snakes and ladders, Trivial Pursuit, Ludo, Senet, Parcheesi, Sorry , The Mansion of Happiness, Yut, Candy Land, Camp Granada, Parques, Pachisi, American board games, 1843-1935, Patolli, Aggravation, Uckers, Chopat, Zohn Ahl, Tock, Aeroplane Chess, Game of the Goose, Uncle Wiggily, Wahoo, Mensch argere dich nicht, Race game, Headache, Dayakattai, Don't Miss The Boat, Parchis, Trouble, Stadium Checkers, Ashte kashte, Kimble, Transformers, Cherry Ames' Nursing Game, Coppit, Chaupar, Go to the Head of the Class, Malefiz, Speed Circuit, Jeu des petits chevaux. Excerpt: Sorry is a children's board game that is based on the ancient Cross and Circle game pachisi. Players try to travel around the board with their pieces faster than any other player. Distributed by Parker Brothers, "Sorry " is marketed for two to four players, ages six through adult. The game title comes from the many ways in which a player can negate the progress of another, while issuing an apologetic "Sorry " The objective is to be the first player to get all four of his or her color pawns from his or her Start location to his or her Home space. The pawns are normally moved in a clockwise direction, but can be moved backward if directed. Movement of pawns are directed by the drawing of a card. The board game is laid out in a square with fifteen spaces per side, with each player assigned his or her own colored Start location and Home locations offset towards the center, one per side. Four five-square paths, one per color, lead from the common outer path towards a player's Home and are designated his or her "Safety Zone." On each side are two "Slides," grouping four or five spaces each. Older versions of Sorry contain a colored "diamond space" directly one space back from each start square, with the rules stating that a pawn of the ...