Arimaa
Arimaa is a modern abstract with unusual mechanics. It's
technically a racing game, where the goal is for a rabbit to reach the
other side of the board; but pushing and pulling are more imporant than
running. All pieces move the same, but stronger pieces can
push or pull weaker ones, and weaker pieces become frozen when adjacent
to stronger opposing pieces unless assisted by friendly
pieces. Instead of capturing by direct attack, pieces can be
captured by pushing or pulling them into one of the trap squares on the
board. Read the complete rules here.
Robots:
Arimaa was developed as a challenge to programmers, so unsurprisingly
the robot isn't terribly strong. Stronger bots are available
at Arimaa.com
|
|
