Chor Police (), also known as Chor Sipahi, is an outdoor
role-playing game
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played by children in
Indian subcontinent
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. The game is usually played by children
divided
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At an elementary level the division of two natural numb ...
into two teams with
no limit
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* ''No Limit'' (Art Pepper album), 1977
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of players. One team acts as police and another one acts as thieves within a
narrative
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. Police players chase chor (thieves) in an attempt to catch and mark them defeated.
Rules
Since the game revolves around cops and thieves,
police
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has to catch the
thieves
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in order to defeat opposite team. Once the team is defeated after a successful run-and-catch, police has to play the role of thieves and hence thieves become police and it continues
vice versa
References
Additional references
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until the game ends.
Origin
The Chor Police game is played in several countries under different names and with a set of different
rules
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Education
* Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia
Human activity
* The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power
* Business rule, a rule pert ...
formed by local players. Its origin is not known.
References
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Children's games
Indian games
Indian role-playing games