Indian Ludo Champul

EveryoneremembersplayingagameofLudoorSnakes&Laddersbeitonahotsummerdayoracoolwinterevening.Theseboardgamesthatformsuchabelovedpartofourchildhoodactuallytaketheiroriginsmuchfarbehindinhistory.OnesuchfunboardgameisChampul,atraditionalIndianboardgame.

ChampulisaStrategicalboardgamewheretwotofourplayersracetheirrespectivecoinsonaboardof5x5squarestoreachtheinnermostsquare.Themovementofcoinsiscontrolledbythrowoffourcowrieshells,henceitisagameofchance.Sinceeachplayerhasfourcoins,hecandecidewhichcointomove,henceitalsocomesunderstrategicalgames.