And they collect the bones to play with them.
There are 4 faces: camel, horse, goat and sheep.
And then you launch them, this make some points or give luck.
That's the present I have received actually, but this post was written before :-). The mongolian name is shagai (шагай)
They also have some games, I found some explanation on internet:
- Need at least 20 ancle bones
- 2 to 6 playersObject: to get all the ancle bones. Each side of the bone represent different animals; Sheep, goat, horse, and camel. (pictures of these four)
A. The first player gathers all the ancle bones and throws them on a flat surface.
B. The player then looks for pairs of matching bones. Eg: Camel - camel, goat - goat, sheep - sheep, and horse - horse and flicks one of the matching bone to hit the other matching bone. If they touch any other bone, then you lose your turn.
C. If you hit it, then you pick up one of the two bones that has ben just hit and keep trying to get as many bones as possible. If you miss, then you lose your turn and the next player picks all the remaining bones up and throws them to play his turn.
D. The game continues to play until one person has all the bones.
Who has the most horses?
- Need at least 20 bones
- 2 to 6 players
Object: To get the most 'Horses' bones.
A. The first player throws all the ancle bones on a flat surface.
B. And picks all the horses from the file.
C. After he picked all the horses without touching any other animal bones, now it is your turn.
D. The next player will pick all the ancle bones and throw them and pick all the 'Horses' out of the pile.
E. Each player is given a turn until all the bones are picked up. The person with the most bones is the winner.
In the winter they also play with ice cubes. I have not seen it real but on TV. This seems so great!!
I also like what they do when they win: