Bashni
BGG rank
BGG #16,891
BGG rating
7.7

Bashni

1875

Rules assistance for Bashni

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 20 min
  • Complexity 3.0/5

Rules assistant for Bashni

For 2 players

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Bashni is a board game released in 1875 for 2 players and 20 minutes per game. Its main mechanics are Square Grid, Grid Movement, and Pattern Movement.

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About the game

Bashni is a traditional Russian game in the Checkers family. The game is identical to Shashki (Russian Checkers) in the rules regarding movement, capture, and promotion, but every time a piece is captured, it is put at the bottom of the capturing piece or stack. If the captured piece is itself on a stack, only the top piece is captured, and the underlying pieces are thus "liberated". This means pieces are never permanently removed, but stacks get steadily higher throughout the game. According to Abstract Games magazine issue 1, the game has a revival in Russia, with tournaments being held in St. Petersburg regularly. Bashni was the inspiration for Laska, Chess world champion Emanuel Lasker's stacking game, that is better known in the west.

Publishers

  • (Web published)
  • (Public Domain)
  • Oficina do Aprendiz
  • Grubbe Media GmbH

Questions and answers

Bashni supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.