Pallanguzhi
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பல்லாங்குழி
Sow, count, capture.
The South Indian seed-sowing board game, carved for the modern screen. Play a wise AI or pass the board to a friend, right in your browser.
பல்லாங்குழி · pallāṅkuḻi
Pallanguzhi is a game of patience and counting from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Now you can play it on any screen.
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Practise against Easy, or face a Hard AI that captures whenever it can.
Two players, one screen. Hand the board across the table.
Relay sowing, fours, rounds and closed pits, the way it's played at home.
Play instantly in your browser, or get the app for iPhone and Android.
How to play
Pick up the seeds in one of your pits. They drop one per pit, counter-clockwise.
Look at the pit after your last seed. Has seeds? Pick them up and keep sowing.
Next pit empty? Capture the seeds in the pit after it. And a pit that reaches exactly four goes to its owner.
Ready?
Play in your browser now, or take it with you.