Xoa had come in from the kitchen and was setting out a small table on which the pachisi board was ready for the evening's regular recreation.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day
He had his evenings for the pachisi games.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day
The game of the Hindoos, called pachisi, is played upon a cross-shaped board or cloth; it is a combination of checkers and draughts, with the throwing of dice, the dice determining the number of moves; when the Spaniards entered Mexico they found the Aztecs playing a game called patolli, identical with the Hindoo pachisi, on a similar cross-shaped board.
"The Antediluvian World"
Ignatius Donnelly