You might like Arimaa, you can play it with a standard chess set.
What's cool about the this, is that rules are very simple, yet the game mechanics are completely different from chess and still has strategic depth. I don't know how big the player base is, I've just played it occasionally on my phone. There's a free app for it in the google play store.
Hi
I have playing and studying chess for 35 years and although I want to continue playing and studing, I would like to pick another game to enjoy and vary at times. If possible I would like a less demanding game than chess, with less theory and that could involve other kind of game (chess is perfect information type) like intuition play a great role, or with bluffs, some kind of puzzle, etc. I prefer a lot strategy over tactics. It comes to my mind stratego, it is simple, easy to learn, many possibilities, there are much strategy involves, and it could be fun. Other game I have been toying with is Yathzee (Yatzy), which is the kind of game I am trying to discover, with little rules, easy to play, it has some strategy and tactics, but the problem is there is much luck involved. Anyway it is very fun to play.
I list the requisites I am searching:
- A game that involves strategy, it could also involves tactics, but strategy in first place
- Could be played in quick games. I dont want games like civilizitaion or similar which requieres lots of hours.
- Easy to learn, or at lest low difficult. Games like civilization requieres a lot of knowning (knownledge tree and similar), or games like go requieres lot of skill.
- If possible, with Android and/or Windows programs to be able to play with computer or online.
- It could be board based, two players, games to play alone, ...
- None or very little of luck involved.
I have also discover minimetro which is a lot of fun and maybe next to this requirements. I think the exact term of the kind of game I am trying to find is 'casual'
I found an old thread with this subject but maybe a little old and not exacty the same. I would be very grateful if anyone could suggest new games to vary other than chess.
Thank you very much.