Typical Indoor Games for Younger Kids

The most common games found are Naag-pass (Snakes & Ladders) and Carram (or Carom).

Kids usually play games inside the school i.e. sports room, local club's game room and sometimes inside the house. (Game rooms or sports room are mostly common in towns and cities. In the cities and towns, local youth from within the community set up a club, which is looked after by them. The main goal of such clubs is to give the people of that place, young and olds alike a place to gather and hold meetings and gatherings to discuss different issues concerning their neighborhood. In rural villages, there aren't special sport's rooms or clubs. Children sometimes play in the common parts of their house. Some villages have started a small club which is common for indoor games as well as for other activities like a library, meeting room etc., but this is not available in all villages.)

Naag-Pass

Naag-pass is very similar to Chutes and Ladders (or Snakes and Ladders) here in the US. At a given time 2 to 4 players can play the game. They are mostly of about 5 to 12 years of age. To play, you need a Snakes & Ladders board, a dice, colored coins/buttons.

The objective of the game is to reach the top (number100) the quickest, clearing all the obstacles on the way. Players have to roll a 1 or a 6 to make the first move. Without 1 or 6 one can not move his/her step meaning, once you get 1 or 6, you get start your next turn otherwise, you will remain at '0' which is starting point and you will remain there until you get 1 or 6. Once the player is off and on his way, he/she will move or jump spaces according to the numbers they've scored.

On the way up, the player faces many Snakes and Ladders all over the place. Snakes represent danger and can bring you down from where you had started. Similarly Ladders represent opportunity that helps you jump spaces making your ascent even quicker. When the player rolls the dice and ends up in the number with a Snake on it then the player have to take a fall to the place where its tail ends. Similarly when a player ends up on a number with a Ladder then he/she will climb up vertically to the number where the Ladder ends. There are 100 steps in the game and one has to go through each number from 1 to 100. Whoever gets to 100 first is the winner.

There are lots of snakes and if one gets the mouth of the snakes at any number shown in the picture, he or she has to come down to the number where the tail of that snake is. And again he or she has to move his/her next turn. There are many ladders as well, this help one to jump to the next level or numbers.

Carram

Carram is a board game that is similar in concept to billiards (or pool). Two, three or four people can play. In singles, your opponent sits across from you; in doubles, you play opposite your partner. With three, you can play for points.

The object of the game is to sink all of your pieces, using the heavier 'striker' piece, in any of the pockets before your opponent sinks all of his/hers. Your turn continues as long as you keep sinking your pieces - luck shots count.

To shoot you have to flick the 'striker' piece with your thumb or finger. You cannot push the piece.

There are many other specific rules that some people play with and other don't.

The first person to sink all of the pieces collects one point for each of the opponent's pieces left at the finish. A game consists of 25 points or eight boards, whichever comes first.

Typical Indoor Games for Older Kids

For older students, the most common indoor games are table tennis, LUDO, and chess. LUDO is popular in Asia, especially in South Asian countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan and Nepal.

Kids usually play games inside the school i.e. sports room, local club's game room and sometimes inside the house.

The rules to table tennis in Nepal are very similar to the rules here. Usually, kids 12-17 play. In Nepal, the player or team reaching the score of 21 points first wins the game.

LUDO

LUDO is similar to Parcheesi. In LUDO, there are four different colored boxes on each corners, each one contains four coins or buttons of the respective color. This game can be played by up to four people at a time. First each player puts their coins or buttons with the same color shown in the pictures. Each player has to move their each button out from the box one by one to the middle part of the ludo (home) taking clockwise round. To start the game one person rolls the dice and if he/she scores a one or a six then he or she will be allowed to move out the box and is allowed to roll again (because he/she rolled a one or a six). The player then moves the number of spaces around the board. If on the first roll, however, he/she does not roll a 1 or 6, then it becomes the next player's turn. A player cannot move his/her coin or button out of the box until he/she score a one or a six. The game moves from one person to another in a clockwise direction. If a coin from player A catches up with a coin from Player B, Player B cannot move his/her coin until A moves his. Meanwhile the person whose coin has got stuck has to move his/her other three coins. The player who gets his/her all four coins home or its destination safely and quickly wins the game.

Typical Outdoor Games for Younger Kids

The most common games for younger children are: Luka-mari (hide and seek), Chor-police (cops and robbers) and Dori (Skipping)

Kids normally play the games in School compound, in the fields and open yard within house or outside house .Most kids are 5 to 12 years of age.

Typical Outdoor Games for Older Kids

In Nepal, many older kids play cricket, football/soccer, and basketball. They normally play the games in the respective ground near to their homes or open field in case of the rural children. Cricket is very popular in Nepal now; kids have formed their own groups and they play according the international rules. Children who cannot afford to go to the ground usually play in their respective house yard or some times in the street as well. The second most popular sport is football/soccer.