Jeu des petits chevaux

The Jeu des petits chevaux (French: Game of small horses, short written: Petits chevaux ), or Jeu de dada, is a simple board game that is very popular in France. There, it has about the same level of awareness as Ludo in Germany or haste slowly in Switzerland. It is played with colored horses that look like the knight in chess.

Two, three or four players take two to four of the pferdchenförmigen characters and place them in the " team " ( starting positions ). A beaten horse needs to be reset back to the team. Beaten it is by an opponent's piece moves on the field.

The game characters take turns in a clockwise direction. At the end of the track, the horse must be taken with an accurate throw to the target field. Those who can not draw, must expose.

History

The Jeu des petits chevaux has its origins in the Indian game Pachisi, as it resembles the games Parcheesi and Ludo - all games with a cruciform arrangement.

Pachisi is the middle of the 19th century published in the U.S., ahead of Parcheesi. The British game Ludo first appeared in England in the late 19th century.

During the Belle Époque Ludo been converted to a French version Jeu de l' Eden. Likewise, the game appeared Ludo under the French title " T'en fais pas".

The game Jeu des petits chevaux appeared probably the first time around the year 1936 in France. From the previous games, it differs in the use of game pieces so that they must be held with the exact number of throws in the middle. In addition, the board has no safe boxes provided. It was manufactured by Manufrance and was sold at the department stores.