Imli: Indian Board Games

Remember the board games of your grandparents' courtyard? Imli brings them back, beautifully drawn, with a fair computer to play and a new puzzle every day. FIVE CLASSIC GAMES • Pallanguzhi: sow seeds round fourteen pits and capture the most (the South Indian mancala, also known as Ali Guli Mane and Vamana Guntalu). • Aadu Puli Attam: three tigers hunt fifteen goats. Play the tigers and catch them, or the goats and trap the tigers. • Navakankari: place nine stones, slide them along the lines and make mills to take your opponent's stones (Nine Men's Morris). • Ashta Chamma: throw four cowries and race your pawns round the board and into the centre. • Pachisi: the royal race round the cross, partners against partners, with six cowries. LEARN BY PLAYING Every game has a short interactive tutorial on its real board: tap the glowing piece, watch what happens, and you know the rules in about…