How to Play the Ancient Game of Pai Sho
Get your tiles., Play the tiles on spaces.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Get your tiles.
You are given 6 kinds of tiles.
The water tile, earth tile, fire tile, air tile, avatar tile and lotus tile.
The earth tile defeats the fire tile, the fire tile beats air, the air beats water and the water beats earth. -
Step 2: Play the tiles on spaces.
When the avatar tile is placed adjacent to any tile it will kill it.
If any tile besides the lotus moves beside the avatar the avatar will be captured and will respawn at the beginning.
The lotus is checked if a tile is adjacent to it if the lotus does not move after being checked it dies and the opponent wins the game.
If the lotus is moved to the center of the board and no opponent is in any of the squares beside the center the player wins.
Detailed Guide
You are given 6 kinds of tiles.
The water tile, earth tile, fire tile, air tile, avatar tile and lotus tile.
The earth tile defeats the fire tile, the fire tile beats air, the air beats water and the water beats earth.
When the avatar tile is placed adjacent to any tile it will kill it.
If any tile besides the lotus moves beside the avatar the avatar will be captured and will respawn at the beginning.
The lotus is checked if a tile is adjacent to it if the lotus does not move after being checked it dies and the opponent wins the game.
If the lotus is moved to the center of the board and no opponent is in any of the squares beside the center the player wins.
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