Parchís

How to play

• To bring a piece out of the nest you need a 5 (on one die or as the sum of both). If you can bring a piece out, you must do it before any other move.
• Doubles give you an extra turn. If you roll doubles 3 times in a row, the 3rd roll is lost and the last piece you moved goes back to the nest (unless it is already home or in your final lane).
• If you land exactly on a rival piece on an unprotected square, you send it back to its nest and earn a free 20-square move for another of your pieces.
• Starred squares and your final lane (the straight stretch before the goal) are safe zones: nobody can capture you there.
• Two pieces of the same colour on the same square form a block: nobody can pass over it, neither you nor your rival.
• Getting a piece home gives you an extra free 10-square move for another piece.
• "4 players in teams" mode: your partner is the one sitting opposite you. You can capture each other by accident, and as soon as you finish your 4 pieces you move theirs until they finish too.
• The winner is whoever (or, in teams, whichever pair) gets all their pieces home first.

By number of players

• 2 players: one against one, four pieces each and the whole board for the two of you.
• 4 players, free for all: everyone plays for themselves and the first to get all four pieces home wins.
• 4 players in pairs: your partner sits opposite you. You can capture each other by accident, and once your four pieces are home you carry on moving theirs until the pair finishes.

Modes and prizes

• Against the computer: you play bots, offline and as often as you like. It pays no coins and no experience, so it is there to practise and try out settings without risking anything.
• Against friends: you open a room and invite them by username. Here only the winner is paid, and at half rate, because you pick who you sit with.
• Online: we sit you with people from all over the world. Every place is paid, most to least, and it is the only mode that counts towards the weekly League. If the room is slow to fill, simulated players complete it; in that case the League counts half.
• Buy-in tables: online you can sit at a 100, 250, 500 or 1000 coin table. Every player puts in that amount on sitting down and the whole pot goes to the winners, with no commission. These tables only fill with real people: if they do not fill in time the table is cancelled and your buy-in is returned. Neither the gold booster nor the VIP pass multiplies the pot.