Pagoda

A five-in-a-row game where each player has five pieces. All the lines of five cross at the center piece, so it turns into a struggle for the control of the center of the board. The pieces are 6-sided dice, and the up face determines how the piece can move. When a piece is captured, it is rerolled and can enter play in its new form (i.e. it is reincarnated). One of the pieces, the Buddah, is actually not played on the board, but instead fills a blank spot, acting as a wild card.