Players alternate turns moving single pegs. The unused pegs are left to the side so they are not used in the game. Players each choose a color and its 10 corresponding pegs. Three player games use the triangles equidistant from each other. Four player games should be played with two pairs of opposite triangles, two players games should always be played with opposing triangles. A six player game uses all the pegs and triangles. The game can accommodate 2, 3, 4, or 6 players. Play continues until all players place, i.e. Players use single step moves and jumps to win. The goal of the game is to move all of one’s pieces across the hexagonal board to the “home,” which is a corner across the board from a player’s starting corner. It is a simpler version of the game Halma, which is an American game. Despite the name, the game actually originated in Germany, where it was called Sternhalma. Pallankuzhi also improves math in children as they are involved in rapid mental calculation.Chinese Checkers is a strategy board game. This game is can be played quickly and helps to improve analytical skills as well as eye-hand coordination. The game is over when a player is unable to fill any pit with six coins at the end of a round. During the game, if a player has enough coins to fill any of the 'rubbish pits' back, their status is removed and they are again used during play. These unfilled holes are marked as 'rubbish pits.' In the next round, play continues as before, but without the 'rubbish pit' being included and the player which started second in previous round going first. The loser of the first round will be unable to fill all of his holes.
The winner of the first round will have a surplus of coins which are kept in his/her store. The players now take the coins from their stores and fill as many of their pits as possible with their coins. In a variant of this game, the game continues after the first round. If, after dropping a pebble into a pit, the pit contains four coins these coins are also captured by the player. The opponent now continues to play in the same way, taking coins from any of his pits and going around dropping the coins in a counter-clockwise direction. If the last coin falls into a pit with two empty holes beyond, the player's turn comes to an end. The player continues playing from the next cup containing coins. If the last coin falls into a pit where the next pit is empty, the coins in the pit beyond the empty pit are captured and stored by the player. Once the last coin is dropped, player takes the coin from the next pit and continues playing in the same way. If the player reaches the last pit in the row, he/she continues on their opponent's side. The first player picks up coins from one of the pits and starts to drop them in an anti-clockwise direction in each succeeding pit. To begin, each pit is filled with 6 coins (the number of coins varies). Pallankuzhi is played with a rectangular board that has two rows and 7 pits on each side and pebbles/coins. Common people use tamarind seeds, cowry shells or pebbles as coins to play.
Women from wealthy families play with original pearls or ruby stones as coins. Rich family holds prestige in owning a pallankuzhi board in gold, silver, sandalwood, ivory or in other materials of value. The board indicates the prosperity of the family. The pits contain shells, seeds, small pebbles, or semi-precious stones used as coins. In absence of a board to play on, rural women make pits in the mud to play. In Tamil, Pal means 'many' and kuzhi means 'pit,' a fitting description for this game which requires a board with many pits.
Pallankuzhi, Pallanguli, or Pallakuli is a traditional two-player board game played by people of all ages.
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