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Pakistan
5 traditional games
Pakistani play leans heavily on card games — trick-taking and capture games played in courtyards, on rooftops and in tea shops — alongside board games shared across the wider subcontinent.
Playable now
Ludo
Four tokens, one die, endless arguments.
2–4 players10–25 min●●○○○provably fairPachisiपचीसी
The royal cross-and-circle game, thrown with cowrie shells.
2–4 players20–40 min●●●○○provably fairCourt Pieceرنگ / Rang
Pakistan’s favourite partnership trick-taking game.
4 players10–20 min●●●○○hidden informationprovably fair