pachisi

Aggravation is one of the many variations of the game Pachisi.

It is an adaptation of the Indian game Pachisi.

Although there is no evidence for that, it is considered by some as the direct ancestor of Pachisi.

Forfeiting the turn voluntarily is not allowed (unlike Pachisi).

It is similar in some ways to Pachisi, Parcheesi and Ludo.

Unlike Pachisi, there are no resting squares, but the coloured home column may only be entered by its own player's tokens.

The influence of the Panchatantra and Baital Pachisi is particularly notable.

His 1997 Betaal Pachisi was a very successful TV fantasy series.

(Unlike Pachisi, there are no "safe" squares on the game track which protect a player's tokens from being returned.

Speculation that Pachisi derived from the earlier game of Ashtapada is plausible but unsubstantiated.

Like other cross and circle games, Ludo is derived from the Indian game Pachisi, but simpler.

Parcheesi is a brand name American adaptation of the Indian Cross and Circle game Pachisi.

Vegard Krog Petersen, "Pachisi and Ludo"

It is believed to originate in the 18th/19th centuries from the Indian game Pachisi although the first reference to it in print does not appear until 1946.

It is a descendant of the board game Pachisi, but it lacks the former game's circular gameplay, and makes use of extra pieces to build blockades.

She acted in a TV serial called Betaal Pachisi with Tom Alter and Shahbaz Khan.

The show is based on the Baital Pachisi collection of tales about the semi-legendary King Vikram, identified as Vikramāditya, and the Vetala, a huge vampire-like being.

Another collection of 25 folk stories called the Baital Pachisi is available in another English translation entitled Vikram and the Vampire by Sir Richard Burton in 1870.

Although most vetala legends have been compiled in the Baital Pachisi, a prominent story in the Kathasaritsagara tells of King Vikramāditya and his nightly quests to capture an elusive one.

For cruciform boards, the monumental Pachisi or Chaupat boards of the Moghul ruler Akbar (1542-1605), designed to accommodate humans as playing pieces, "still represent the earliest secure evidence for the existence of the game in India."

The Baital Pachisi and Dwatrimshati (Sanskrit for "32", a story about Vikramaditya's throne, supported by 32 dolls, each of which told Raja Bhoja a story about Vikramaditya's greatness) are popular stories about him.

Over the years, he wrote stories in ten TV serials including Chandrakanta, Aakash Ganga, Yug and Betal Pachisi, as well as popular serials based on literary works such as Darpan and Ek Kahani.

It is a cross and circle game with the circle collapsed onto the cross, similar to the Indian game Pachisi, the Colombian game Parqués, the American games Parcheesi and Trouble, and the English game Ludo.

He further potrayed some other iconic characters in noteworthy serials like Yug (TV Series), Betaal Pachisi, Zee Horror Show, Nagin, Fasana, Main Dilli Hoon, Ramayan, and The Trap to name a few.