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Indian Games Thirteen traditional games of India, rebuilt for the browser

Hunt games, leaping games, alignment, races, dice and cards from across the subcontinent. Most play against the computer, and all of them work on a phone.

Bhag Bakr बाघ बकरी

3 tigers stalk 16 goats across a 25-point net from North India.

Hunt2 players · vs computer

Bagh Chal बाघ चाल

Nepal's national game: 4 tigers against 20 goats on the diagonal grid.

Hunt2 players · vs computer

Baro Bahini বারো বাহিনী

The twelve sisters of Bengal: step, leap and chain captures on a 5×5 grid.

Leaping2 players · vs computer

Chaukhandi चौखंडी

Twelve a side on four nested squares and thirty-three points.

Leaping2 players · vs computer

Pretwa प्रेतवा

Bihar's mandala board: nine a side, captures compulsory, a forced opening.

Leaping2 players · vs computer

Charal · Navakankari नवकंकरी

Nine pebbles each; make a mill of three to take an enemy pebble.

Alignment2 players · vs computer

Ka-Kaa-Ki क का कि

Shared blocks flip from square to pentagon to circle; score three alike in a row.

Alignment2–4 players · vs computer

Chakram · Chowka Bara चौका बारा

Four cowries, four pawns each, a spiral to the chauka at the centre.

Race2–4 players · vs computer

We Duata वे द्यूत

Two dice, six pieces each, stacks and duels along a nine-square track.

Race2 players · vs computer

Nyas न्यास

A shared bank of tokens spirals out from the centre; roll them off to keep them.

Dice2–6 players · vs computer

Budhiyoga बुद्धियोग

Gyan Chaupar, the 72-cell board of ropes and snakes that became snakes and ladders.

Dice2–4 players · vs computer

Chaturanga चतुरंग

Four armies, two long dice: the ancestor of chess.

Strategy2–4 players · vs computer

Ganjifa गंजिफा

120 round Dashavatara cards, dealt out whole, played for tricks.

Cards3 hands · vs computer

These are folk games and public heritage, not anyone's product. Each page follows one common reading of the rules and offers house-rule toggles where traditions differ. Built for play and learning; settings are remembered on this device only.