Home›Displacement and Capture Games›Sport›Strategy GameBrowse ByStrategy GameThis dimension links a game to the wider sport family it belongs to. Wikipedia describes rugby football as "a type of football, a team sport which developed in the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom," placing it within the broader football family alongside association football and Australian rules. Browsing by sport groups games that share the same parent sport.FactsStrategy GameFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1100 1Strategy GameFilter Results32 entriesPlayer CountAllSmall Group (3-6 Players) (1)Two-Player (32)Origin RegionAllAfrica (3)Asia (1)China (2)England (1)Europe (1)France (2)Hawaii (1)India (1)Ireland (1)Myanmar (1)Netherlands (1)New Mexico (1)Russia (1)Tanzania (1)Thailand (1)The Korean Peninsula (1)United States (2)West Africa (1)Origin YearAll400 (1)976 (1)1100 (1)1600 (1)1680 (1)1775 (1)1884 (1)1911 (1)1965 (1)1970 (2)1976 (1)1979 (1)1985 (1)1986 (1)1990 (1)2008 (1)Derived FromAllAlquerque (2)Playing Time BandAllUnder 30 Minutes (1)Skill or LuckAllSkill (5)Age SuitabilityAllChildren (1)Governing or Publishing BodyAllFMJD (World Draughts Federation) (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 32AlquerqueStrategy GameAmerican Pool CheckersStrategy GameBreakthru (board game)Strategy GameChase (board game)Strategy GameChoko (game)Strategy GameDablot PrejjesneStrategy GameDraughtsStrategy GameEmergo (board game)Strategy GameEnglish draughtsStrategy GameFanoronaStrategy GameFidchellStrategy GameFour-field konoStrategy GameFox gamesStrategy GameHexdameStrategy GameHnefataflStrategy GameInternational draughtsStrategy GameJungle (board game)Strategy GameKolowis AwithlaknannaiStrategy GameKōnaneStrategy GameLascaStrategy GameLau kata katiStrategy GameLeap Frog (board game)Strategy GameMak-yekStrategy GamePasang (game)Strategy GamePloy (board game)Strategy GameRussian draughtsStrategy GameSeega (game)Strategy GameSirius (game)Strategy GameSurakartaStrategy GameTanzanian draughtsStrategy GameTiger gameStrategy GameYotéStrategy GameFAQsHow does Displacement and Capture Games differ from the chess family of games?Its pieces are identical or near-identical, unlike the differentiated ranks and powers of chess-family pieces.Displacement and Capture Games covers games such as Alquerque, Draughts (Checkers), Fanorona and Surakarta, in which pieces move and capture opposing pieces by displacement. It is a Parlett family distinct from the chess family because its pieces are identical or near-identical rather than differentiated by role, which is why differentiated-piece capture games are grouped instead under Chess-Family War Games.Sources1. Wikipedia: Draughtstier 2WikipediaDraughts, The transition to chess boards sectionQuote, Draughts, The transition to chess boards sectionThis European game was already being played in 1100, probably in the south of France.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.