Dayakattam: The Tamil Board Game of Cutting, Sheltering, and Fruit

Field notes

The guide maps Dayakattam as a race through 7×7 and related cross-route boards, using long dice whose common faces run from 0 to 3. It describes a qualifying throw to release counters, marked refuge squares, captures that return exposed pieces home, and a central fruit completion goal. The page also documents variation in entry rules, routes, board materials, and counter counts, including four-counter commercial sets and forms using six or more.