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[4] [5] The game is played on a 7×9 board and is popular with children in the Far East. [1] Jungle is a two-player strategy game and has been cited by The Playboy Winner's Guide to Board Games as resembling the Western game Stratego. [6] The game is also known as the jungle game, children's chess, oriental chess and animal chess. [7]
Tam cúc (三菊, "three chrysanthemums") is a multi-trick card game popular in Northern Vietnam. [1] Tam Cúc is not just played for entertainment, but also played in ceremonies and festivals. It is commonly played during New Year celebrations , while waiting for bánh chưng to cook.
Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ i /, [1] Japanese:), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi.
Chess 2: The Sequel is a chess variant created by David Sirlin and Zachary Burns of Ludeme Games. Sirlin, whose previous design work includes rebalancing Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, approached what he believed to be a problem of rote endgames and static opening games in chess by introducing asymmetrical piece compositions and an additional win condition. [1]
The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent; this occurs when the opponent's king is in check, and there is no legal way to get it out of check. In casual games, it is common to announce "check" when putting the opponent's king in check, but this is not required by the rules of chess and is usually not done in tournaments. [5]
Besides China and areas with significant ethnic Chinese communities, this game is also a popular pastime in Vietnam, where it is known as cờ tướng, literally 'General's chess', in contrast with Western chess or cờ vua, literally 'King's chess'. The game represents a battle between two armies, with the primary object being to checkmate ...
[b] [2] [3] The origin of Ludo is from Hindu Mythology, the Mahabharata Tale, which Ludo was known as Pachisi or “Pasha.” The Mahabharata tale tells a story of a war between two families, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Although there is no true answer the Ludo was found on historic Ellora Caves in Maharashtra linking mythology to this game.
Kade Poki (born 1988), New Zealand rugby union player; Poki language, a West Chadic language of Bauchi State, Nigeria; Poki Ng (born 1991), Hong Kong singer in the boy band Error; Pokimane (born 1996), Moroccan-Canadian internet personality; Poki, a computer poker player developed at the University of Alberta; Poki.com, a video game website ...