Parcheesi

Now who doesn't like Parcheesi, it is a classic family game good for all ages.  Actually I don't really know anything about the game other than how to easily win in it.  The first time I played the game was last night and I won without one of my two opponents even getting one of their pawns into home.  I used a very simple strategy to win and now I will tell you how you can win at Parcheesi.  Okay first you have to get fives to get out of your base and so what you want to do is make a blockade on the space that you get let out on.  To make a blockade, you just have to get two of your pieces on to the same space.  Once you have the blockade on your starting space, don't move it until you get your other two pawns in your home, unless you have no choice but to move them because someone else blocked you off.  Once you get your blockade there, leave it there that way people will pile up behind you but they can't move anywhere and you have pretty much the whole board as your "safe spot."  This way you will always have at least two of your pawns in home before any of your opponents get one pawn in.  And if for any reason you have to go back to your starting base, then when you roll and you get, say a five and four for example, you still have your blockade, so just move one pawn of your blockade four spaces and then take a pawn out of your base replacing the broken link of the blockade.  Once you create the blockade at your starting space before any of your opponents passed that spot, you are guaranteed to be the first to land some pawns in home as long as you don't, at anytime, break up the blockade.  And once you have your two pawns in before anyone else you are almost guaranteed a win unless you are very unfortunate.  Also when you only have two pawns left to get home, move them together and try to make them blockades as many times as you can.  Just remember, don't move a whole blockade on doubles as that is against the rules, but if you have a blockade and you roll a five and four, move one five and one four, then if you get the same thing next time move the further behind one five and the one in front four that way you can create another blockade.

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