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Designed By	Aamir Syed Omar Syed
Art By	Karim Chakroun
Published By	Z-Man Games
Year Published	2002
# of Players:	2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (5 voters) [poll]
Category	Abstract Strategy Animals Children's Game Fighting Racing
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Primary Name	Arimaa
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Designed to use the same board and pieces provided in a standard Chess set, Arimaa is intended to be difficult for computers to play. The number of possible moves at each turn in Arimaa is about 500 times that of Chess.

There is a reward of $10,000 for the first person or company who can build a computer program that can defeat a selected human Arimaa player prior to 2020.

The complete rules of the game are available at the http://www.arimaa.com/ website where visitors can also play the game online with others. Over 2000 games played each month. http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/recentgames.cgi

Online Play

http://www.arimaa.com (real-time and turn-based)
http://www.iggamecenter.com/ - igGameCenter (real-time)

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1	Rules Do trap squares take effect at the end of each move or at the end of each turn?	2009-05-25	EvilMushroom	3
3	Rules Can I split a pull between moves 1 and 4?	2009-05-22	EvilMushroom	5
1	General Recommended commented sessions to learn more about this?	2009-03-15	duchamp	4
10	Reviews Oustanding depth yet simple rule set	2009-03-12	Talisinbear	2
0	News Portuguese News	2009-03-09	electricd...	0
22	Reviews Arimaa, or "wow, they've fixed chess!"	2009-01-15	tiagoluchini	7
1	Rules Push / Pull clarification	2008-12-22	Talisinbear	4
1	Rules Help on moves	2008-09-02	Talisinbear	4
1	Strategy Opening alignment	2008-09-02	Talisinbear	2
0	Rules Rules text and the available AI difference	2008-08-09	Aiken Drum	2

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GeoMan

2008-03-08

Arimaa - Rules in Spanish

Arimaa rules Spanish translation. I added some diagrams and used the chess names of the pieces instead of the Arimaa animals (it is easier to understand if you play Arimaa with a regular chess set). Reglas de Arimaa traducidas al castellano. He añadido algunos diagramas y he mantenido la nomenclatura de las piezas de ajedrez en vez de utilizar los animales de Arimaa (es más fácil entenderlo si vas a jugar a Arimaa con piezas de ajedrez).

Hollyhock

2008-03-03

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Average Rating:	7.97
Standard Deviation:	1.69
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.5
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Personal Comments:	40
Users Owning:	39
Users Wanting:	13
Users Trading:	0
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Official Arimaa Website	http://www.arimaa.com	2003-06-15
Free computer version.	http://www.smart-games.com/arimaa.html	2004-07-12
Arimaa on Wikipedia	http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Arimaa	2008-07-30
Arimaa Wikibook	http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Arimaa	2008-07-30
Polish Article on Gamesfanatic website	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2009/06/12/arimaa-gra-k...	2009-06-12

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