Published: 762 Category: Abstract Strategy Mechanics: Grid Movement
Rating: 7.1
2 - 2 Players
60 - 60 Minutes
8+ Age
XiangQi is one of the most played board games in the world. Translated loosely as "elephant game", the name of XiangQi may have first been recorded in Songs of Chu during the 4th century BC of early C...
Published: 700 Category: Abstract Strategy Mechanics: Pick-up and Deliver, Point to Point Movement
Rating: 5.9
2 - 2 Players
10 - 10 Minutes
5+ Age
Mancala is a whole family of games.
This entry is referencing only the popular game also known as Kalah, invented in the 1940 by William Champion Jr..
The game is played on a board of two rows, each...
Published: 550 Category: Abstract Strategy Mechanics: Point to Point Movement
Rating: 6.4
2 - 2 Players
20 - 20 Minutes
10+ Age
Oware is one of the most played games in the Kalah Family of pit and pebbles games. It is the National game of Ghana and the word "oware" means "He She Marries". The mythology behind the name is belie...
Published: 400 Category: Abstract Strategy Mechanics: Grid Movement
Rating: 6.5
2 - 2 Players
20 - 20 Minutes
7+ Age
Hnefatafl, also known as The Viking Game, The King's Table or simply Tafl, is one of the rare breed of games with two unequal sides. The defending side comprises twelve soldiers and a king, who start ...