Board Game Element
The minute you choose to play Mawala – The board game, you play as one of the Swarajya warriors accompanying Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj from his birth to Rajyabhishek. You don’t play against the other player; players are together in this journey. The destination is Rajyabhishek. You are to reach there and submit your earnings in total to Swarajya. Whoever submits more earns greater honor during the ceremony and hence wins!
Following are the elements of the game!
Board Game
The basic element of the board game is the board itself. The grand door of the fort opens and on the back of it, you get the playing board.
The board has 100 places from the birth of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to the grand kingship ceremony – the Rajyabhishek. Each place on the board is actually a historic event that had happened in the legend’s life.
As with any journey, it has ups and downs. With respect to the type of event – good or bad – the player landing on it wins or loses a specific amount.
There are three stoppage points on the board. At 30, 46 and 71 the historic events are Killing Afzal (30), ShahisteKhan looting Pune (46) and the Purandar treaty (71). Since these milestones cannot be missed, players irrespective of what they get on the dice, are to stop at these points.
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Mawala Cards
The board comprises 20 Mawala Cards. Each card is of the various Swarajya warriors who had actually played a vital role in this journey. Each card has a serial number. At the beginning of the game this deck is to be arranged and placed in ascending order.
The number of Mawala signs on the Mawala dice will enable the player to draw a respective number of cards from Mawala or forts card deck.
It is not allowed to draw all three cards of the same type at a time.
Possession of Mawala card implies that the respective Mawala – Swarajya Warrior – is with the player possessing it. The mentions of places where respective Mawala has contributed is on the card.
So, if another player lands on the event where a Mawala card possessed by you has his contribution, the respective player will pay you 200 hones! In case you yourself land on such a place on the board; you get paid by the accountant.
Signs on card
Each card also has icons, as follows:
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Signifies active battleship participation (1 icon 100 hones)
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Signifies the honor received in the courts of our King (1 icon 100 hones)
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Signifies the personal fondness our King used to have for the individual (1 icon 100 hones)
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Signifies the literary contributions (1 icon 100 hones)
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Signifies the ultimate sacrifice for the cause of Swarajya (1 icon 500 hones)
Fort Cards
The board comprises 10 Fort Cards. Each card is of the various forts that had many events happen on them. Each card has a serial number. At the beginning of the game this deck is to be arranged and placed in ascending order.
The number of Mawala signs on the Mawala dice will enable the player to draw a respective number of cards from mawala or forts card deck.
It is not allowed to draw all three cards of the same type at a time.
Possession of Fort card implies that the player has become the caretaker of that fort, mentions of all such place numbers from the board are given on the fort card. When another player lands on such a place will have to pay 200 hones for the caretaking player or the player holding the fort card. In case the caretaker player himself lands on such a place, he gets paid by the accountant.
Each fort also has a value given on it. At the end of the game, players are also to submit their forts to Swarajya!
Dice
The board comprises two different dice. Due to its rectangular size, each dice has 4 possible surfaces on which it can land.
Number dice is for moving forward and Mawala is for gaining fort or mawala cards.
When all the cards are distributed among the players, mawala dice should be taken out of the play.
Tokens
There are 8 tokens provided with the game. Two types of tokens are there, A standing pose and a cavalry pose! There are 4 colour variants as well. The game can be played by 4 players, at a time one has to play the role of accountant. So, 3 active players are to choose from a standing pose tokens of colour of their own wish.
Player gets a cavalry token activated only when he/she possesses the commander in chief of our army.
Standing Token is equivalent to 200 hones.
Cavalry Token is equivalent to 500 hones.
Hones
The currency used in the game is called as Hones! “Hones” is the ancient name for the currency of that era. We have three types of hones.
Copper – equivalent to 100 hones
Silver – Equivalent to 500 hones
Golden – Equivalent to 1000 hones.
Please note that the content on the other side of hone is the actual Stamp of Shivaji Maharaj!
Booklets
Since the objective of the board game is also to make our history reach our players the game consists of informative booklets.
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Gems of Swarajya
This booklet comprises information about the Swarajya warriors – Mawala and forts as well along with imaginary character illustration and real image respectively.
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Footprints
This booklet comprises brief information about the 100 events covered on the board. The significance of the events along with the context are likely to reach players better, enriching them with real understanding of the events of the life of our King.
Game Guide
All the information related to the game, rules, game play instructions are mentioned in the Game Guide. We encourage all players to read the Game Guide before starting to play game.