Chaupar

Chaupar (IAST: caupaṛ), chopad or chaupad or pagade (Kannada: ಪಗಡೆ) is a cross and circleboard game very similar to pachisi, played in India. The board is made of wool or cloth, with wooden pawns and seven cowry shells to be used to determine each player's move, although others distinguish chaupur from pachisi by the use of three four-sided long dice. Variations are played throughout India. It is similar in some ways to Pachisi, Parcheesi and Ludo.