A game which we did not discuss in class, but is of great
interest to me is the game of Parcheesi. Parcheesi is a game
that was created in India around 500 BC (even before chess is
said to have been created). It, like chess, has pawns that must
move around the board blocking and capturing other players
pieces. These games both mimic in some ways the movements and
strategies of battle. However, it is very much unlike chess in
that it is much more a game of chance. A player's prospect of
winning a game of Parcheesi is based almost solely on the luck
of the roll of dice. Caillois would call such a game 'Alea,'
meaning that Parcheesi is a game of 'destiny.' While Parcheesi
is still a game that is played in America, people more commonly
play a Parker Bothers 1934 adaptation of the game known as
Sorry!. Sorry! is similar to Parcheesi in that it is a game with
four identical sides of different color trying to get their four
pawns around the board and back into home. However, Sorry! adds
an element of excitement by u