The 3DParqués is a board game based on the most traditional of all games in Colombia, the Parqués, derived from Old Parchisi, Chaupar or Chaupat from India. In this fun version, can play from 2 to 6 players on a board of 6 places or from 2 to 4 players on a board of 4 places, rolling the dices with realistic physics until obtain pairs, the first to reach the finish line with all 4 pawns, chips or tokens will be the winner.
Start, base or Jail
At the beginning of the game each player choose a color for the base also known as Jail, each player starts with 4 pawns or chips placed inside its base identified with the same color.
Game Dynamics
The Parqués is played as a turn based game, the player that has the current turn rolls the dices, the values obtained in those, are the amount of places the player can move the chips on game on the board toward the goal, if the player obtains pairs has the right to repeat the turn, and take chips out from Jail if has any.
Exit
To take out the chips from Jail to the game, the player must roll the dices until obtain pairs, that means both dices must stop in the same number, the number 11, that is, 5 and 6 is could be considered pair if this is configured in the options(*).
Rolling the dices
By turns, each player must roll the dices, while all the 4 chips are in Jail or Base, the player has the right to roll the dices several consecutive times, usually 3, but this value can be configured in the options(*), if at least one chip is on game, the player can roll the dices once, unless obtains pairs.
Pairs
If the player obtains pairs and the player has all 4 chips in Jail, the game will automatically take out the amount indicated in the options(*) that can be 1, 2 or 4, right to the start place of its color, if has at least 1 chip on game, the player could decide if take out more chips of jail or advance the another ones in the game. The player that obtains pairs will have the right of repeat the turn.
Pairs Full
In the options(*) can be enabled the pairs full: 6-6 and 1-1, when these pairs are obtained with the dices, allow the player take out all the pawns or chips at a time from the jail.
Penalty by Pairs
In the options(*) can be enabled that when 2 or 6 consecutives pairs are obtained the player is penalized sending the last moved pawn to the jail or base.
Movements
The player can distribute the both dices values the way believes convenient between the chips has on game over the board in one of the following ways:
Eat
When a pawn stops and there is or there are some opponents pawns, all these pawns are sent to its respective bases, this action is known as "Eat", can be configured in the options when a pawn eats, this remains blocked until the dices are rolled again.
Safes
The board has indicated with different colors the places known as safes or "stones", when a pawn stops in these places can not be "eaten" or sent to the jail or base, the only safe place where a pawn can be sent to the jail, is the start place of each player, at the time one player take out from jail one of its pawns, any pawn that is at this start place of that player are sent to the jail or base.
Blow on "Soplar"
This functionality can be enabled in the options(*) to allow Colombian-style play, blow on means "accuse" or "denounce" the previous turn player who has not eaten a pawn that could have eaten with some given combination of both dices. During either player's turn will see a button with the color of the other players, except the previous turn player, the player that thinks might blow on must touch the button corresponding to its own color, if could blow, the previous turn player's pawns with whom he had eaten will be sent to the jail.
CPU Players
Are the kind of player that do automatically all the actions, and give more complexity a entertainment to a match between humans or simply allow play alone. The CPU players can be "blown", but they can not blow on to the others.
Winners
The first player that take all 4 chips to the Goal or also known as Heaven, will be the winner, the second player that take all tokens to the Heaven will get the second place, and so on until all the players take all its chips until the Heaven, in this moment the game finishes. Although can be configured in the options(*) the game finish once the first player finishes the game.
If one of the players decides to connect its Facebook account with the game, the following will be posted on the player’s Facebook wall:
(*) Configurable Game Rules options:
In the main menu, pressing the options buttons, can open the game configuration divided in 2 sections: "Game Options" and "Game Rules Options", in this last one, can be configured some aspects that modifies the game rules allowing play 3DParqués as is played in many different regions of the world like Spain, Mexico, Colombia an Latinamerica in general.