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Sorry! is a Cross and Circle board game, similar to Tock and Ludo, based on pachisi, sold by Parker...
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Sorry! is a Cross and Circle board game, similar to Tock and Ludo, based on pachisi, sold by Parker Brothers.
The earliest variation of today's Sorry! can be traced back to England, shortly before its arrival in the United States. Sorry! was adopted by Parker Brothers in 1934, and has remained in their possession since. It is an American hallmark board game, being played by generations of Americans, as well as throughout the world. The Canadian version was Patented in 1938.
Each player has his or her own "start" location and "home" location. The objective is to be the first player to get all four pawns from the start square to the home square. Sorry! is played by drawing cards instead of rolling dice. The pawns are normally moved in a clockwise direction, but can be moved backward, if directed. Moving a pawn backward can occasionally be to one's advantage.
Each player chooses four pawns of one color and one player is selected to play first.
Each player in turn draws one card from the stack and follows its instructions. To begin the game, all of a player's four pawns are restricted to Start; only a 1 or 2 card can release them to the rest of the board. Playing a 1 or a 2 places a
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Oct 22, 2006
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Oct 22, 2006
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