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Astar (game)
Astar is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Kyrgyzstan. It is a game similar to draughts and Alquerque as players hop over one another's pieces when capturing. However, unlike draughts and Alquerqe, Astar is played on 5×6 square grid with two triangular boards attached on two opposite sides of the grid. The board somewhat resembles those of kotu ellima, sixteen soldiers, and peralikatuma, all of which are games related to astar. However, these three games use an expanded alquerque board with a 5×5 square grid with diagonal lines. Astar uses a 5×6 grid with no diagonal lines. {{in lang, cs 
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Abstract Strategy
Abstract strategy games admit a number of definitions which distinguish these from strategy games in general, mostly involving no or minimal narrative theme, outcomes determined only by player choice (with no randomness), and perfect information. For example, Go is a pure abstract strategy game since it fulfills all three criteria; chess and related games are nearly so but feature a recognizable theme of ancient warfare; and Stratego is borderline since it is deterministic, loosely based on 19th-century Napoleonic warfare, and features concealed information. Definition Combinatorial games have no randomizers such as dice, no simultaneous movement, nor hidden information. Some games that do have these elements are sometimes classified as abstract strategy games. (Games such as '' Continuo'', Octiles, '' Can't Stop'', and Sequence, could be considered abstract strategy games, despite having a luck or bluffing element.) A smaller category of abstract strategy games manages to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a competition between two or more players. To show a few examples: in checkers (British English name 'draughts'), a player wins by capturing all opposing pieces, while Eurogames often end with a calculation of final scores. '' Pandemic'' is a cooperative game where players all win or lose as a team, and peg solitaire is a puzzle for one person. There are many varieties of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, such as checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, such as ''Cluedo''. Rules can range from the very simple, such as in snakes and ladders; to deeply complex, as in ''Advanced Squad Leader''. Play components now often include custom figures or shaped counters, and distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country's seven million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians. The Kyrgyz language is closely related to other Turkic languages. Kyrgyzstan's history spans a variety of cultures and empires. Although geographically isolated by its highly mountainous terrain, Kyrgyzstan has been at the crossroads of several great civilizations as part of the Silk Road along with other commercial routes. Inhabited by a succession of tribes and clans, Kyrgyzstan has periodically fallen under larger domination. Turkic nomads, who trace their ancestry to many Turkic states. It was first established as the Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate later in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draughts
Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque. The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move". The most popular forms of checkers in Anglophone countries are American checkers (also called English draughts), which is played on an 8×8 checkerboard; Russian draughts, Turkish draughts both on an 8x8 board, and International draughts, played on a 10×10 board – the latter is widely played in many countries worldwide. There are many other variants played on 8×8 boards. Canadian checkers and Singaporean/Malaysian checkers (also locally known as ''dum'') are played on a 12×12 board. American checkers was weakly solved in 2007 by a team of Canadian computer s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alquerque
Alquerque (also known as Qirkat from ar, القرقات) is a strategy board game that is thought to have originated in the Middle East. It is considered to be the parent of draughts (US: checkers) and Fanorona. History The game first appears in literature late in the 10th century when Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani mentioned Qirkat in his 24-volume work ''Kitab al-Aghani'' ("Book of Songs"). This work, however, made no mention of the rules of the game. In '' Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations'', R. C. Bell writes that "when the Moors invaded Spain they took El-quirkat with them". Rules are included in ''Libro de los juegos'' ("Book of games") commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile in the 13th century. Spanish settlers in New Mexico introduced a four-player variant of Alquerque to the Zuni. Rules 250px, An empty abstract Alquerque board upright=1.75, This board graphic displays Moorish design elements relating to the origin of Alquerque. The algebraic notation faci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotu Ellima
Kotu Ellima is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) played by the Sinhalese people. The game was documented by Henry Parker in ''Ancient Ceylon: An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilisation'' (1909); the game was printed as "Kotu Ellima" which is actually a misspelling because his source for the game was Leopold Ludovici's ''Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (1873), and specifically in the chapter entitled "The Sports and Games of the Singhalese", and Ludovici wrote the name of the game as Kotu Ellime or Taking of the Castles.Singhalese is an archaic spelling of Sinhalese''Taking of the Castles'' may not be an actual Sinhalese-to-English translation of ''Kotu Ellime''. ''Kotu'' may not actually be a Sinhalese word, but a close Sinhalese word is ''koti'' which means ''tiger''. But Kotu may actually be an arachaic spelling of the Tamil word for ''castle'' which is ''Kōṭṭai''. The Tami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixteen Soldiers
Sixteen Soldiers is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Sri Lanka. It also comes from India under the name Cows and Leopards. A variant of this game is also popular in Bangladesh, where it is known as Sholo guti (Sixteen pieces). One way it is played (especially in villages), is by drawing the court of the game on the ground and using stones as pawns. The game was documented by Henry Parker in ''Ancient Ceylon: An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilisation'' (1909) with the name Hēwākam Keliya or the War Game. Parker mentions that the game is also played in India and Bangladesh under the name Sōlah Guttiya or Sixteen Balls. The game is similar to draughts (checkers) and Alquerque as players hop over one another's pieces to capture them; it is more similar to Alquerque between the two since it uses a standard Alquerque board. However, unlike standard Alquerque, an additional two triangular boards are attached on two opposite sides of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peralikatuma
Peralikatuma is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon). It is a game related to draughts ( checkers) and Alquerque as players hop over one another's pieces when capturing them. The game was documented by Henry Parker in ''Ancient Ceylon: An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilisation'' (1909) with the name Perali Kotuwa or the War Enclosure. Parker mentions that it is also played in India. It closely resembles another game from Sri Lanka called Kotu Ellima. The two games use the same board which consist of a standard Alquerque board but with four triangular boards attach to its four sides. The only difference between the two games is in the number of pieces. In Peralikatuma, each player has 23 pieces. In Kotu Ellima, each player has 24 pieces. The game is also spelled as Perali Kotuma. Setup The board consist of a standard Alquerque board, and attached to each of its four sides is a triangle each of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotu Ellima
Kotu Ellima is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) played by the Sinhalese people. The game was documented by Henry Parker in ''Ancient Ceylon: An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilisation'' (1909); the game was printed as "Kotu Ellima" which is actually a misspelling because his source for the game was Leopold Ludovici's ''Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (1873), and specifically in the chapter entitled "The Sports and Games of the Singhalese", and Ludovici wrote the name of the game as Kotu Ellime or Taking of the Castles.Singhalese is an archaic spelling of Sinhalese''Taking of the Castles'' may not be an actual Sinhalese-to-English translation of ''Kotu Ellime''. ''Kotu'' may not actually be a Sinhalese word, but a close Sinhalese word is ''koti'' which means ''tiger''. But Kotu may actually be an arachaic spelling of the Tamil word for ''castle'' which is ''Kōṭṭai''. The Tami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixteen Soldiers
Sixteen Soldiers is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Sri Lanka. It also comes from India under the name Cows and Leopards. A variant of this game is also popular in Bangladesh, where it is known as Sholo guti (Sixteen pieces). One way it is played (especially in villages), is by drawing the court of the game on the ground and using stones as pawns. The game was documented by Henry Parker in ''Ancient Ceylon: An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilisation'' (1909) with the name Hēwākam Keliya or the War Game. Parker mentions that the game is also played in India and Bangladesh under the name Sōlah Guttiya or Sixteen Balls. The game is similar to draughts (checkers) and Alquerque as players hop over one another's pieces to capture them; it is more similar to Alquerque between the two since it uses a standard Alquerque board. However, unlike standard Alquerque, an additional two triangular boards are attached on two opposite sides of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peralikatuma
Peralikatuma is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon). It is a game related to draughts ( checkers) and Alquerque as players hop over one another's pieces when capturing them. The game was documented by Henry Parker in ''Ancient Ceylon: An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilisation'' (1909) with the name Perali Kotuwa or the War Enclosure. Parker mentions that it is also played in India. It closely resembles another game from Sri Lanka called Kotu Ellima. The two games use the same board which consist of a standard Alquerque board but with four triangular boards attach to its four sides. The only difference between the two games is in the number of pieces. In Peralikatuma, each player has 23 pieces. In Kotu Ellima, each player has 24 pieces. The game is also spelled as Perali Kotuma. Setup The board consist of a standard Alquerque board, and attached to each of its four sides is a triangle each of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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