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Chaturanga

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User Rating: 6.3 / 10 (29 Ratings)
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Designed By: (Uncredited)
Published By: (Public Domain)
Front Porch Classics
GAMES Magazine
# of Players: 2 - 4
Playing Time: 30 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 8 and up
Category: Abstract Strategy
Mechanics: Dice Rolling
Other Names:
Chaturaji

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Published in GAMES Magazine, January/February 1981 issue, page 22 (with original rules on page 68) as "a gambling game 1,500 years ahead of its time." R. Wayne Schmittberger adapted the rules for streamlined play.

From GAMES Magazine:

"The oldest known form of chess, Chaturanga is a lively game in which moves are determined, as in backgammon, by a combination of dice rolls and player judgment."

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Num Ratings: 29
Average Rating: 6.30
Standard Deviation: 1.21
Num Views: 4665
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Users Owning: 73
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