Chess / Callbreak / Bagh-Chal / Ludo / 29
Play a round.
Loser buys
the chiya.
The games you already play at the tea shop, on your phone. Check in with the regulars, play a round, and the tally settles who pays.
How it works
Check in
See who is at your tea shop right now.
Play
Online, pass-and-play, or against the computer.
Settle up
The tally says who owes. No money moves in the app.
On the table tonight
All games- CallbreakCall your tricks, then win them. Spades are trump.With friends
- ChessThe one everybody knows, online or against the computer.Online
- Bagh-ChalFour tigers hunt, twenty goats trap.Online
- 29Two against two: bid, hide a trump, win it together.With friends
- LudoRace four tokens home with the roll of the dice.With friends
- RangMatch colour or number, dodge the action cards, go out first.With friends
- QuizFive questions, lowest score buys the tea.With friends
- ShabdaGuess the five-letter word in six tries.Solo
The tally
Last place buys
the next round
Every game counts toward the leaderboard. Sort it by points, wins, streak or games played, for one game or all of them, at one tea shop or everywhere, from today back to all time.
See the games
Run a tea shop?
Connect for Biz runs the counter
Tables, kitchen orders, VAT bills, credit and the day book on one phone or tablet, and a dashboard that tells the owner how today is going.
Next tea break,
you're dealing.
Free on iPhone and Android, or play in the browser now.
Asked at the table
What is Chiya Connect?
A free app for iPhone and Android, also playable in the browser, with 23 games friends play at the tea shop to settle who buys the chiya. Whoever loses buys, and the tally remembers it for next time.
Which games are in it?
Quiz, Bagh-Chal, Chess, Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, Callbreak, 29, Tic-tac-toe, Four in a Row, Rang, Sudoku, Shabda, 2048, Golo: Bounce, Jodi, Swapper, Snake, Blocks, VBall, Flappy, Locks, Dots, Super Bhai.
Can I play without installing anything?
Yes. Open connect.ekrasunya.com/play in a browser and play there. Tap Install in the browser to keep it on your home screen like an app.
Does Chiya Connect take any money?
No. There is no wallet and no cut. The rupees stay between you and the shop; the app keeps the record, never the money.
Is my location stored?
No. It is checked once, at the shop, when you check in, and never stored. Only that you were there.
What is Connect for Biz?
The till for the tea shop: tables, bills with service charge and 13% VAT, khata for regulars on credit, cash book, reports and staff accounts, in Nepali or English, and it keeps billing offline. It is in testing with its first tea shops.
Who makes Chiya Connect?
EK Ra Sunya Inc, in Lalitpur, for the chiya pasals of the Kathmandu Valley.