1. Egara Guti is played on an hourglass-shaped board with 23 points. Lines indicate permitted moves.

2. Each player selects 11 BEADs the colour of their choice.

3. BEADs are placed on the points closest to the player, leaving the middle point empty.

4. Players decide who begins the game by rolling a die.

1. In turns, each player moves 1 BEAD along the marked lines to an adjacent empty space or can capture their opponent’s BEAD.

2. Players capture BEADs by jumping over an opponent’s BEAD and landing on an empty space beyond it, following the lines on the board.

3. Captures can be chained together if, upon jumping over an opponent’s BEAD and capturing it, the player is adjacent to another BEAD with an empty space beyond.

4. Players must capture a BEAD (or chain BEAD captures) if the move is available.

5. Captured BEADs are removed from the board.

To win the game, a player must capture all their opponent's BEADS.

Egara Guti is battle game originating in India. The first records of this game come from 1924, in the Central Provinces of India, but the game's actual age is uncertain. It is a part of the alquerque family of games, first recorded in mediaeval times - another descendant of alquerque is draughts in all its various forms.