Games that use a chessboard
Matthew Maisey
England
Wells
Somerset
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There must be quite a few that I don't know about and good ones too (I hope)
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Board Game: Chess
[Average Rating:7.09 Overall Rank:244]
Matthew Maisey
England
Wells
Somerset
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There's lots of reasons why I don't play chess nowadays (how many games in ths database?) but I think it is truely a great game. I realise that there are many varients so I'd onnly like significant ones listed, but I'll leave that to you.
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Matthew Maisey
England
Wells
Somerset
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Or draughts as I know it. Thoughts on this classic?
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Matthew Maisey
England
Wells
Somerset
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I'm looking forward to trying this one but I haven't got around to it yet.
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Jeff Wolfe
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Permanent microbadges: Zendo fan, Columbus Blue Jackets fan, Dominion Fan (one of these days I'll make the background non-white)
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The first thing I thought of when I saw the title.
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Board Game: Byte
[Average Rating:4.33 Unranked]
Clark D. Rodeffer
United States
Ann Arbor
Michigan
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Played on a 64 square board.
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Board Game: Impasse
[Average Rating:4.96 Unranked]
Clark D. Rodeffer
United States
Ann Arbor
Michigan
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Played on a 64 square board.
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Board Game: Kage
[Average Rating:4.95 Unranked]
Chris Okasaki
United States
White Plains
New York
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Kage can be played with a chessboard, two pawns, and a bunch of toothpicks.
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Board Game: Arimaa
[Average Rating:7.50 Overall Rank:971]
Dan Rosewater
Switzerland
Zürich
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Designed to use the same board and pieces provided in a standard Chess set, Arimaa is the first game created intentionally to be difficult for computers to play. The number of possible moves at each turn in Arimaa is almost 1000 times that of Chess.
There is a reward of $10,000 for the first person or company that 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 use an online tutorial.
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Board Game: Focus
[Average Rating:6.58 Overall Rank:1311]
Kämmen mein schnurrbart
United States
Austin
Texas
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You have to ignore some squares in the corners, but it uses a chessboard.
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Rob
United States
New York
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First game I thought of when I saw this list
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Fred Wagaman
United States
Unspecified
Unspecified
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Uses an 8x8 board.
Failed miserably, but has some interesting play mechanics.
I picked up a bunch of cheap pieces and I'm giving them away to the Halloweeners tonight along with a copy of the instructions.
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Board Game: Laska
[Average Rating:6.91 Overall Rank:3733]
Jim Pulles
Canada
Regina
Saskatchewan
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Mask your chess board to 7X7, grab some checkers and you're good to go...
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Geoff Knox
United States
Round Rock
Texas
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Well, it basically modifies a normal game of chess but I think it would apply to this list.
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Edward Ganaden
United States
Buena Park
California
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Although I haven't played this, I stumbled upon it when I wasn't checking out current abstract gaming fare. It was a 2001 winner at some notable game design competition. Click the game's name for details.
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Mike Young
United States
Sterling
Virginia
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A free download and very very light game that is played on a chessboard.
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Brandon Walsh
United States
Saint Louis
Missouri
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What about this one?
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Brian Campbell
United States
Boston
Massachusetts
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As Sonja mentioned, a lot of Icehouse games use a chessboard. This is one of my favorites; it's a game where you build little programs of 5 instructions and then everyone's programs execute simultaneously.
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Mike Sherwood
United States
Arundel
Maine
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Chessboard & lasers.
Who can ask for more?
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Board Game: Torres
[Average Rating:7.24 Overall Rank:184]
United States
Seattle
Washington
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8 x 8 grid. Other than that...
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Harvey Wasserman
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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Running Six on a Checkerboard...is a modification of the Kookaburra Game, and (no surprise) uses the beautifully sculpted Kookaburra Game pieces. RSoaC is only for 2 players; both players have an extra kangaroo; and the rules are modified as well, to make it an adult strategy game.
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Harvey Wasserman
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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Book by Stephen Addison, 1983. Haven't read it.
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Board Game: Chessers
[Average Rating:6.33 Unranked]
Harvey Wasserman
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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2 players, each having 1 king, 2 circles, 3 triangles, 4 squares. Checkmate your opponent's king, or move your king to the opposite corner to win.
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Harvey Wasserman
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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This one is a stretch for this list. Force Intriguing Games has a 24-space track (block off corner spaces on the chessboard), and players head for the center 4 squares for "home." First player to get 3 soldiers home wins.
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Harvey Wasserman
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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Another 7x7 board. (as is Laska)
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Harvey Wasserman
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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This deserves a special mention. Played on a 6x8 board.
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Ontario
Boston
Massachusetts
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...
Mississippi
Lacombe
Louisiana
Eugene
Oregon
http://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Gameboards
I agree with NateStriaght that this list also has some games that are not 8x8 grids and should be cleaned up as such. I don't have a problem with ones that don't use the full 8x8 grid, but the extents should be to 8x8 (similar to the other lists)
Side note: I'm finding the new "Titles Only" link very helpful on these NxN game lists...