Thinnai Games Live

The porch where South India played - now in your pocket. Thinnai Games brings together three traditional South Indian games, rebuilt from scratch and free to play. 🐯 HERD & HUNTER - Aadu Puli Aattam Three tigers hunt. Fifteen goats stand together. Place your herd across the 23-point lattice, then trap every tiger - or leap in and thin the herd before they close ranks. The tiger-and-goat strategy board game played on porches across Tamil Nadu for generations. Play against a friend, or against an AI opponent at three difficulty levels. 🎲 DHAYAM Roll the dhayakattai - the four-sided sticks the game is named for - and walk your pieces the long way round a four-armed board. Land on a rival and they start again; bring every piece home to the centre first and you win. Play solo against bots, with friends, or as two teams of partners sharing a side. ♛ CATCH THE THIEF - Raja Rani Everyone draws a hidden role - King, Queen, Minister, Police, Thief - and the Police has to work out who took the Thief. Guess wrong and the Thief walks off with your points. A pass-and-play party card game built for one phone passed hand to hand - perfect for a group in one room. Bilingual: English and Tamil. Why Thinnai Games: • Completely free, with no ads or in-app purchases • No account or sign-up needed • No analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs of any kind • Play solo against AI or pass-and-play with family and friends These are the games played on the thinnai - the raised porch at the front of a South Indian home - where neighbours and family gathered to play for generations. Pick a game and start.