Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Rolando Castillo
United States
Tampa
Florida
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Me (to other player): You go first.
(other player shakes patolli and throws)
Other player: Look, one's on its edge. The gods have ruled in my favor. I win!
Me (to self): I'm turning atheist.
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Daniel Danzer
Germany
Stuttgart
southwest
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Aztec game from around 1350.
Roll and move and capture opponents` pieces, which are safe on certain spaces.
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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c. 200 BC
From Sports and Games of the Renaissance by Andrew Leibs (page 113):
Quote: Patolli was played throughout Mesoamerica, with the Teotihuacanos, who built Teotihuacan (c.200 B.C. - A.D. 650), and was passed on to every culture (Toltec, Mayan, Zaptotecs)until the Spanish conquests that began in the 15th and early 16th centuries.
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Raul Catalano
Italy
Pordenone
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Aztec game, an evident archaeological proof that North America was populated from North-East Asia (see Pachisi).
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Nathan Morse
United States
Powell
Ohio
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Patolli
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Chuck Carroll
United States
Fishers
Indiana
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"The resemblance of this Aztec game to the Indian pachisi has led to speculation about Asian-American contact in pre-Columbian times."
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Stephen K
United States
North Brunswick
New Jersey
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How about a game that the Native Americans (Aztecs) actually played?
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Ben Shanks
United States
Greenville
South Carolina
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Aztec for 'Bean'
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Werner Stangl
Austria
Graz
Styria
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Patolli is Aztec Pachisi. Addicted to betting, not few Aztec nobles lost everything they had in a single game of Patolli.
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Germán R. Gómez
United States
Chula Vista
California
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Anciently, Patolli was associated with gambling and players often wagered vast treasures on its outcome. Even today versions of Patolli like games are still played by the peoples of MesoAmerica and although it is unclear just how these modern versions reflect the ancient methods of play, gambling is still very much associated with the game.
In Pre-Colombian Ball games (not board games) the losers were sacrificed to the gods.
After the hearts were removed and the bodies tossed down the temple steps, the limbs were removed and later cooked. Back then to the Aztecs, cooked human bodies were looked upon as great delicacies which explains why only Aztec royalty, not the common people, were allowed to engage in cannibalism. The favorite parts for the Aztecs to munch on were the hands and thighs. The Aztec emperor, Moctezuma, was reported to have been partial to cooked thighs served with tomatoes and chili pepper sauce.
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Werner Stangl
Austria
Graz
Styria
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Aztec game very similar to Pachisi. Some still claim cultural diffusion.
Group 1: Cross and Circle Race Games
vol. 1
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Board Game: Patolli
[Average Rating:5.34 Unranked]
Werner Stangl
Austria
Graz
Styria
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Patolli is basically the Aztec version of Pachisi. The rules are well known through chronicles. Aztec nobles lost huge sums and lands at betting.
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Posted Wed Jul 6, 2011 1:51 am
