Make a Game

Chess, Snakes & Ladders and Pachisi all began in Bhārat — design the next one!

Design your own board game — theme, rules, dice and challenges — following the ancient game-makers of Bhārat.

Best known for

Bhārat is famous for this — and so can you be

Every great craft has a story. These are the things make a game is best known for across Bhārat's heritage.

The original Snakes & Ladders — a lesson of Bhārat in karma, where ladders lifted virtue and snakes dragged down vice.

The war game that became chess — born in Bhārat 1,500 years ago.

The royal cross-board game of the Mahabharata, played by kings and queens.

Cowrie-shell racing on a square board — 2,000 years old and still played in villages.

Goats versus tigers on a temple triangle — a South Bhārat classic of pure strategy.

⚡ Try this at home

Pick a theme (samosas vs jalebis?), draw 20 squares, write 3 rules, add 2 shortcuts and 2 traps. Now play it with your family — and improve it!

No fancy materials needed — just you and your imagination.

Keep exploring

Love make a game? Go deeper with these Pakka Patriot pages.