Patolli 200

How to play Patolli

Patolli is a game that plays with 2 players. It's a Racing and Dice game where the core of play revolves around Roll / Move and Betting and Bluffing. A Mesoamerican cross-and-circle race game played with marked beans as dice on a cross-shaped board, with players wagering treasures on the outcome. Played across Mesoamerica from Teotihuacan (c. 200 BC) through the Aztecs (to 1521), it is the major board game of the pre-Columbian Americas.

This is an overview of what to expect at the table — not the rulebook. We link to official rules and tutorials rather than reproducing them.