Interactives

Akkam Bakkam

அக்கம் பக்கம்

Place each dice sum carefully. Equal neighbors make links, and every link scores its number.

5×53 undos3 rerolls
Classroom sync
One facilitator rolls; everyone receives the same sequence and plays a private board.
Akkam · scoring grid
Tap an empty square to place the current sum.
Score
0
Rolls
0
No sum waiting to be placed
Pakkam · bank
Fills bottom to top. The top three slots always unlock R, M, and A.
Shortcuts: R roll, B bank, U undo, ⇧R reroll
How to play

Place every roll. Roll two dice, add them, then put the sum in any empty Akkam cell or in the lowest open Pakkam slot. You cannot skip a sum.

Make links. Equal values touching horizontally, vertically, or diagonally score that value. A cluster scores once for every adjacent pair.

Unlock powers. The lower Pakkam slots only hold numbers. Its top three slots unlock Replace, Move, and Add, each usable once after the 5×5 grid is full.

Finish creatively. Replace overwrites a cell using a banked number; Move swaps two grid cells for free; Add places one banked number in a new cell along an edge.

The rules of Akkam Bakkam were created by Jyothi Krishnan. You can find her standalone implementation as a Claude artifact here . Inspired by Digit Party, created by Robert Brignall and Vince Vatter, and Neighbors by Ben Orlin.