Puluc 3D

Puluc is a game inspired by the Maya: a race-and-capture game of warriors, prisoners and rescue, may have been played for generations in the highlands of Guatemala and southern Belize. Two camps face each other across a stone road cut through the jungle. Five warriors to a side. Every turn is staked on a throw of four corn kernels. And here is the twist that makes it more than a race: taking a warrior prisoner is not the same as defeating him. Prisoners travel with their captor, stacked beneath him, and only by dragging them all the way home do you remove them from the game for good. So every prisoner you take is also a liability — you have to walk him back down the road, within reach of the enemy, to make the capture count. Your own captured warriors can be rescued the same way. Take the stack that holds them and they are freed and sent home. A GAME THE MAYA STILL PLAY Puluc — also…