Satoel
Tiger game played with forty, translation of ''meurimueng-rimueng peuet ploh'', is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Sumatra, Indonesia. The last part of the name, ploh, is sometimes spelled "plo". It is specifically played by the Acehnese people, Acehnese. The game was described in ''The Achehnese'' by Hurgronje, O'Sullivan, and Wilkinson in 1906 and described on page 204. It is also played in Java, Indonesia where it is called ''dam-daman''. However, dam-daman is also a general term for draughts (checkers) in Indonesia. The game is also played in India especially in Punjab region, Punjab where it is called ''ratti-chitti-bakri''. The game is basically an enlarged version of alquerque. Four alquerque boards are joined together to form a square consisting of 81 intersection points. The same board is used in zamma. The rules are exactly those of alquerque, except that captures are not compulsory. ''Satoel'' is a similar game played in Simeulue island (or Simalur island) ...
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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 ...
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