FIVE BEANS & A LITTLE FORTUNE · MESOAMERICA
Learn to play ↗Patolli.
Six markers. Five beans. A race around the cross.
THE CROSS · 52 SPACES↻ ONE CIRCUIT
JADE RESERVE
CORAL RESERVE
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✦ bonus · ◇ central capture
01 / THROW
Let the beans fall.
Five marked beans set the pace. One mark enters a marker; five marks advance ten spaces.
02 / CHOOSE
Find your path.
Race around the cross. Central spaces allow captures; gold tips grant another throw.
03 / RETURN
Bring six home.
An exact throw finishes a marker. This non-wagering game uses an explicit modern reconstruction.