Glass made sheep ankle for traditional Mongolian games

Description

These ankles are made of glass.

These ankles allow you to play traditional Mongolian ankle games. Shagai (or ankle bones) is a Mongolian traditional game that involves cleaned and polished the ankle bones of sheep or goats. The game has been more of a national pastime, and everybody enjoys it, young and old. Each of the four sides of anklebone represents a different animals-horse, sheep, camel, and goat.

Horse race

A popular game that is normally played with two players, but can also be played with more. Each player flicks one piece (his “horse”) in turn along a sequence of stationary pieces representing the race course.

Full toss

Two or four players take turns tossing all of the pieces. Depending on the number of horses and/or camels landed, the player can collect pieces from the pool, or has to add some. When the pool is empty, the player with the most collected wins.

Open catch

Using ten or more pieces, each player in turn places all of them in one hand and tosses them up into the air. Then he tries to catch as many as possible with the back of the same hand. The caught pieces are tossed up again, and as many as possible caught in a fist this time. The caught ones are collected by the player. Winner is who has collected the most pieces once the pool is empty.

Twelve years

Two players in turn toss two pieces like dice for twelve rounds (corresponding to the twelve-year cycle of the traditional calendar), counting a point for each horse landed. If no player reaches 12 points, the game restarts, otherwise the higher score wins.

Tossing three shagai

Any number of players take turns tossing three pieces like dice. Three pieces landing on the same side score two points, two sames give one point. Winner is who first reaches a predetermined number of points.

The four shagai

Players take turns tossing four pieces. All four landing on different sides scores eight points, four sames give four points, and two pairs give two points. If a player manages to grab all pieces of a four sames throw (by any player), they also get the score of that throw. Winner is who first gets ahead of all others by a predetermined margin.