Chess, Go (圍棋) and More
A space with links to some of the games we play. Love board games and especially strategic games. Enjoy exploring some of the old games played throughout history as well.
This is the home page's excerpt
So many sources for Chess. This is a fine one but there are many more. This is focused on the western game Chess. Other similar games I have tried to link below, like Shogi.
Go is a great game! It's easy to learn and this is one of the best sources out there to start with.
The gameboard is your battlefield. You have an army of men at your disposal and six bombs. Your mission--protect your flag and capture your opponent's flag. Secretly place your men,…
Shogi (将棋) is the Japanese version of an ancient Indian game that became Chess in Europe and xiangqi in China. In fact, Shogi is frequently referred to as Japanese chess…
The mancala games are a family of two-player turn-based strategy board games played with small stones, beans, or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board…
Xiangqi (Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí; Wade–Giles: Hsiang ch'i; English: / ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /), also called Chinese chess or Elephant chess, is a strategy board game for…
There have been a few mentions of other ancient Egyptian board games, but most commonly Senet was mentioned both in the Predynastic and the Dynastic periods. The game itself is…
The ancient Egyptians believed “ritualistic” gaming sessions provided a glimpse into the afterlife, according to Tristan Donovan’s It’s All a Game: The History of Board Games From Monopoly ...
AlphaGo went on to defeat Go world champions in different global arenas and arguably became the greatest Go player of all time. AlphaGo: The Movie. 130 mins . I thought…
With more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial...
Established in 1999, The Chess Store, Inc. is the world's leading chess retailer specializing in fine Staunton wood chess sets along with thousands of other chess products. Our exclusive chess…
The Go board can either be a flat table board or the more traditional floor-board with legs (Go-ban). The wood used, the quality of the grain and how the grain…
From the back of the box:
π (pronounced pie) takes the traditional game of Chess and turns it into a fast-paced free-for-all involving up to 8 players or even more, using optional expansion kits (not …