The complete rules for Pachisi Reimagined. Start with the basics below, then jump into any section of the full reference.
Pachisi Reimagined is exactly what the name says: the classic game of Pachisi, rebuilt from the ground up. It is still played with dice, but new rules, new mechanics, and the all important Noble piece transform a slow game of chance into a fast paced, tactical battle with a high skill ceiling. Every turn is a real decision, and the better player beats the luckier one far more often than not.
Journey is a race: move all five of your pieces from your Yard to your Home before your opponents. Brawl is a 10 minute score fight where captures and blockades earn points and reaching Home matters far less. Both modes share the same core rules.
Each player commands 4 Guards and 1 Noble. Guards spend stored rolls to move, form groups, capture, and blockade. The Noble moves on its own, up to 6 spaces per turn, but guard it well: if the Noble falls, every one of your Guards is captured with it.
Dice roll automatically at the start of your turn and land in your roll store. Spend stored rolls to move your Guards: stack several rolls on one Guard, spread them out, or save them for the perfect moment.
Guards need exit credits to leave the Yard, and you start the game with 2. After your first turn, grace rolls earn more: a 6 on either of your first two dice, or a total of 6 across both.
Every piece you move on a turn shares one direction: forward or backward. You also choose whether the Noble moves before or after your Guards, and every piece must pass its midpoint before it can enter its Home path.
A single Guard cannot capture or blockade. Groups of two or more Guards do the fighting: they capture smaller groups, block groups of equal or smaller size, and can capture an exposed opponent Noble. The only exceptions sit at the top: a moving group of four cannot be blocked, and a group of four can capture another group of four.
Yards, Homes, and Castles are safe: no captures and no blockades happen there. Castles are shared, so pieces from every player can rest on them, and your own entering tile protects your pieces as well.
Your capture score depends on where your Noble stands at the moment of capture. A safe Noble earns +2 per captured piece, while an exposed Noble past its midpoint earns +20. Risk is the price of a high score.
Every game today is played against bots: computer opponents that follow exactly the same rules you do. The free stable engines run right on your device, and premium bots are powered by real AI models that pick their moves. Online multiplayer is coming in a future release.
You control 4 Guards and 1 Noble. Your Guards do the fighting, while your Noble must be protected at all costs.
All four players roll at the same time before the game begins. Rolling doubles locks in your turn position.
Rolls, roll storage, grace rolls, and exit credits control how Guards and the Noble move each turn.
Groups of Guards can prevent opposing pieces from moving past them. Blockade strength depends on group size, with additional rules for Nobles and point penalties in Brawl.
Groups of Guards can capture opposing groups, while Nobles follow special capture rules and trigger additional penalties when captured.
Move Guards, Guard groups, and the Noble by choosing a direction and assigning rolls.
Learn how forward and backward paths work, how midpoints unlock Home paths, and how pieces finish movement into Home.
Movement and blockade rules that apply to the Noble.
Score points through captures and blockades before the 10-minute timer expires. The player with the highest final score wins.
Captures award points based on the number of pieces captured and your Noble’s location at the moment of capture.
Opponent blockades subtract points for each movement step your pieces are prevented from using.
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