Snakes & Ladders

1. You have to throw the die. If you get number 1 or 6 you can join the game, but if you are unable to you have to wait until the second round.
2. If you get 1 or 6 you can put your piece on the first square of the board. You throw the die again. Then you'll get a new number. According to that number you can move your piece square by square.
3. In this game if you meet a ladder tou can climb up it and then you'll reach a higher position on the board. If you meet a snale you have to go down. Then you'' reach a lower position on the board.
4. The first person to reach the FINISH is the winner.
5. Players take it in turns to throw the die and move their pieces.
NIPUNI

Noughts and Crosses

Things we need for the game: a pen and some paper
First we need to draw nine boxes

One person has to draw a cross in one of the boxes
The other person has to draw a nought in a box.
The person who fills three boxes in a line wins.
GLODY

Hide and Seek

Any number of children can play this game.
Firstly we must select the girl who will do the seeking.
The others hide.
The seeker closes her eyes and starts counting. When she finishes he asks, "Are you ready?"
The others say, "Yes, we're ready"
After that the seeker must find the others.
If she finds a boy the seeker is released from her post.
The seeker can now hide and the boy who was found has to count.
That's the game!
DILKI

The Game of Panchi [a traditional Sinhalese New Year game]

This is a game played with a special board and 7 shells with one flat side..
1. Two teams can play this game. One or two members can be in a team. Each team has three pieces to move around the board.
2. One group must start the game from the right side of the board and the other from the left side.
3. Take all the shells and shake them well. The put them into a coconut shell which is turned curved side up.
4. The number of shells turned to the flate side indicates the number of spaces a piece can go.
5. To start the game the player must get 1, 5 or 6.
6. If a player gets 1, 5 or six he also gets a chance to put another shell on the board.
7. Only one piece can be in a space except in the spaces marked with a cross. If two pieces come to one space the piece which was there first has to start the game from the beginning.
8. If all 7 shells are turned are turned on the flat side it is a zero.
9. If all the shells are curved side it is 14 and also the player gets another chance to put more shells on.

The team which takes all 3 pieces to the palace first wins this game.
KANISHKA

Pool

--The game of pool is played on a flat table covered with cloth and bounded by rubber cushions.
--The players use a stick or cue to strike a white cue ball which in turn strikes object balls.
--The goal is to drive or pot object balls into six pockets located at the edge of the table.
--The 15 object balls are packed into a triangle to start the game.
--There are two types of object balls: stripes and solids
--The player to strike a solid or stripe first has to play with this type
--If a player pot an object ball he has an open break
--If he fails to strike his object ball it is a foul shot.
--If a player pots the black ball before he has pocketed his seven balls he loses the game.
--The player who clears the board first by potting all his balls is the winner.
SHIHAN

Checkers

For this game you need ONE checkers board and TWELVE pieces per player.
1. In checkers the player can't move the piece backwards.
2. In checkers the piece can't move sideways and we must move it on the black squares.
3. We move our pieces to the other's player's side until they reach the end.
4. We can take the other's player's pieces by jumping over them if the square behind is free.
5. When our piece reaches the other side of the board it becomes a king.
6. The king can move any distance in a straight line along the diagonal.
7. If all the remaining pieces are kings the match is a draw.
THARAKA