Play Parchis Online: Spanish Parchís for 2 to 4 Players

About Parchís

Parchís is Spain's version of the cross-and-circle race that began in India as pachisi, and it is known as Parcheesi in the US. The Spanish game has its own character: one die instead of two, a 5 to leave the nest rather than a 6, and bonus moves that reward captures and finished pawns. If you searched for parchís online gratis, parchisi or a parchis board game online, this is that game with the Spanish rules.

The board is a cross with four coloured nests in the corners and a shared circuit numbered 1 to 68. Yellow leaves the nest on square 5, blue on 22, red on 39 and green on 56. Twelve squares are marked as safe, including those four exits, and no pawn can be captured on them. After a full lap each colour turns into its own seven-square corridor and then into the centre.

Two things make it more tactical than ludo. Two pawns of one colour on the same square form a barrier that nobody can pass, not even their owner, and a 6 forces you to open one. Bonuses also change the race: a capture gives 20 extra squares and a pawn reaching home gives 10, each taken in full by a single pawn.

The server rolls the die and moves that are not legal are never offered. If you cannot move, the roll passes on automatically. Parchis for 2 players seats yellow against red on opposite arms; three or four players fill the remaining colours, with bots for any empty seat.

How to play Parchís

1. Each player has four pawns in a nest. Roll one die on your turn. A 5 must be used to bring a pawn out onto your exit square if you still have one in the nest and the exit has room.
2. Otherwise move one pawn forward by the number rolled, anticlockwise round the 68-square circuit. If no pawn can make the move, the roll is lost.
3. A 6 earns another roll. When you have no pawns left in the nest, a 6 moves 7 squares. A third 6 in a row is not played: the pawn you moved last goes back to the nest, unless it is already in your corridor or home, and your turn ends.
4. A circuit square holds at most two pawns. Two pawns of the same colour form a barrier that no pawn may pass or land on. If you roll a 6 while holding a barrier you must move one of its pawns when that is possible.
5. Landing on a single rival pawn on an unmarked square captures it and sends it to its nest. You then move any one of your pawns 20 squares. On the twelve safe squares pawns of different colours share the square instead.
6. If your exit square is full when you roll a 5 and at least one pawn on it is a rival's, your new pawn captures the rival that arrived last.
7. After 64 squares a pawn turns into its own corridor of seven squares, which has no captures and no barriers. Home must be reached by exact count, and a pawn reaching home lets you move another pawn 10 squares.
8. A bonus of 20 or 10 must be used in full by one pawn. If none of your pawns can move that far, the bonus is lost. The first player with all four pawns home wins.

Rules checked against the game on 2026-09-01.

Parchís tips and strategy

• Only one roll in six is a 5, so keep at least two pawns on the circuit. A single runner that gets captured can leave you rolling for a 5 for many turns.
• Build a barrier a few squares in front of a rival's exit or just ahead of pawns chasing you. It protects both pawns and stalls everything behind it until you roll a 6.
• Count before you stop on an unmarked square. A rival up to 6 squares behind can hit you with the exact number, and one that has emptied its nest moves 7 on a 6 instead.
• Plan the bonus before you capture. The 20 squares are best spent carrying a second pawn onto a safe square or into the corridor, and they are wasted if no pawn has 20 clear squares ahead.
• Near home, keep a spare pawn on the circuit to absorb rolls that do not fit, and remember that the 10 you earn for a finished pawn needs a pawn with room to use it.