Sorry! (game)

Sorry! is a board game. It is an adaptation of Parcheesi made by Parker Brothers.

Goal

Each player has his own START location and HOME location. The goal is to be the first player to get all four pawns from the START square to the HOME square. Turns are passed by the left (clockwise). Sorry! is played with pawns and cards instead of dice.

Rules

Each player in turn draws one card from the stock and follows its instructions. Typically, a card requires the player to move one of his or her pawns a certain number of spaces clockwise around the board.

In order to get a pawn out of the nest (jail),the player must draw a 1 or a 2 card.

No two pawns may occupy the same square. A pawn that lands on a square occupied by another pawn sends that pawn back to the nest.

With 4 and 10, the player can move backwards. A common strategy is to start a pawn out of the nest, and then move it backwards past the entrance to the goal, saving a long clockwise trip around the board.

Cards and function

Teams

Red's companion is yellow and blue's companion is green. You can eat your partner's pawns. When a '7' card is played, the count may be split between any two of the 8 pawns.

Variation

A variation with more scope for strategy is for each player to play the card of their choice from a hand, replenishing the played card from the stock.

Related board games

Parques, Parchis, Pachisi, Patolli, Chaupar, Ludo