Board games from the city of Vijayanagara (Hampi ... - Gioco dell'Oca.

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If they fall all white, this who gets them moves forward by 4 cells, moving from the cells
on the side towards the other cell, that is the larger one. If they fall all black, he moves
forward by 3 cells with the same stone (…). If he gets two white and two black [faces],
he moves forward by 1 cell. If he gets one black and three whites or three blacks and one
white, he loses his turn and the other opponent plays and moves forward in the same way
according to what he gets.
This stone makes its way along the cells where there are other stones; if one finds oneself
getting into the larger cell that is on the tops of the Cs, one loses one’s turn. Once
there, this stone wins over its opponent. This win being made, it comes out there towards
the opponent’s stones and takes as many of them as there are cells which it comes to,
according to the cast [of dice beans]. If, being in the larger cell, he loses the stone, that
is why they say it is a river and one drowns there. He then plays with the other [stone]
that remains on his side. If they “kill” it with the other side’s stone [= if the opponent
captures this stone], they play thus. This who, before the other, “kills” and drives out of
their cells the opponent’s ten stones wins the pot.
This is their game and they have no other. They are great gamblers, and even they
often wager their wives and children. These [wives] are greatly addicted to this game
and they wager what they possess.
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