Pawnbrook

Pawnbrook is a race board game for one to four people on one device, in the family of Ludo and Parcheesi, with its own wooden board and meadow ponds. Roll the die, bring pawns out on a six and race all four around the cross and up your coloured lane to the well in the centre.

Land on a rival and it swims back to its pond. Stars and start squares are safe. A six, a capture or a pawn reaching home earns another roll, but a third six in a row costs the turn.

• Any mix of seats: each of the four colours can be a human, an AI or empty
• Four AI styles: Hare races its lead pawn, Hawk hunts captures, Heron plays safe, Otter balances all of it
• Clear choices: legal pawns glow and carry their number, and a ghost shows where the selected pawn will land
• Classic rules: enter on a six, exact roll to finish, safe squares, bonus rolls, three-sixes rule
• Normal or fast speed for AI turns
• Score for a single human: pawns home, captures and a win bonus

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Controls

• Space / Enter / R: roll the die
• 1-4: move that pawn; ← → (or ↑ ↓) and Enter also choose
• Tap the side panel or the board to roll; tap a glowing pawn or its ghost to move
• Setup: ↑ ↓ choose a row, ← → change it, Enter start; or tap
• P / Esc: pause, M: sound

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