Home›Chess-Family War Games›All Chess-Family War GamesBrowse ByAll Chess-Family War GamesReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe chess family proper: games of differentiated armies, each piece with its own rank and movement rule, descended from or parallel to the historical game of Chaturanga, covering Chess, Chaturanga, Xiangqi, Janggi, Shogi and Tafl Games. Belongs here: capture games where pieces have distinct roles and powers. Does not belong here: capture games with uniform pieces, grouped under Displacement and Capture Games, or modern hidden-information conquest games with no traditional lineage, grouped under Modern Conquest and War Games.FactsAll Chess-Family War GamesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Essays About This Entity (1 essay)Frequently Asked QuestionsFactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested600 CE 1Defining CharacteristicWell-attestedChess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shape. 2All Chess-Family War GamesFilter Results69 entriesSportAllAbstract strategy board game (1)Board game, abstract strategy (3)Board game, abstract strategy, chess variant (1)Board game, ancestral strategy, chaturanga family (1)Chess variant (1)collectible miniatures game (1)shogi variant (1)Derived FromAllChaturanga (3)Chess (7)Dai shogi (1)Xiangqi (1)Origin RegionAllChina (1)India (1)Japan (1)Korea (1)Northern Europe (1)Northern India (1)Origin YearAll600 (2)1030 (1)1100 (1)1256 (1)1283 (1)1400 (1)1500 (1)1799 (1)1821 (1)1857 (1)1943 (1)1949 (1)1967 (1)1972 (1)1976 (1)1977 (2)1979 (2)1981 (1)1984 (3)1985 (1)1986 (1)1987 (2)1992 (1)1995 (1)1996 (2)1998 (2)1999 (1)2003 (1)2008 (1)Player CountAllSingle-Player (1)Small Group (3-6 Players) (2)Team-Based (Two Teams) (2)Two-Player (48)BrowseCompareSelect all 69Almost chessChess-Family War GamesAnnan shogiChess-Family War GamesAtomic chessChess-Family War GamesAvalanche chessChess-Family War GamesBosworth (game)Chess-Family War GamesBusiness chessChess-Family War GamesCapablanca chessChess-Family War GamesChad (chess variant)Chess-Family War GamesChadarangamChess-Family War GamesChaturangaChess-Family War GamesCheckless chessChess-Family War GamesChesquerqueChess-Family War GamesChessChess-Family War GamesChess on a really big boardChess-Family War GamesChess with different armiesChess-Family War GamesChu shogiChess-Family War GamesCirce chessChess-Family War GamesCorrespondence chessChess-Family War GamesCrazyhouseChess-Family War GamesCylinder chessChess-Family War GamesDai dai shogiChess-Family War GamesDai shogiChess-Family War GamesDiplomat chessChess-Family War GamesDōbutsu shōgiChess-Family War GamesEmbassy chessChess-Family War GamesExtinction chessChess-Family War GamesFortress chessChess-Family War GamesGNU ChessChess-Family War GamesGrand ChessChess-Family War GamesGrant AcedrexChess-Family War GamesGreat chessChess-Family War GamesHeian dai shogiChess-Family War GamesHexagonal chessChess-Family War GamesIndian chessChess-Family War GamesJanggiChess-Family War GamesJeson MorChess-Family War GamesJudkins shogiChess-Family War GamesKing's graphChess-Family War GamesLudus latrunculorumChess-Family War GamesLuzhanqiChess-Family War GamesMakrukChess-Family War GamesMasonic shogiChess-Family War GamesMicro shogiChess-Family War GamesModern chessChess-Family War GamesMonochromatic chessChess-Family War GamesMonster chessChess-Family War GamesNavia DratpChess-Family War GamesOkisaki shogiChess-Family War GamesRithmomachiaChess-Family War GamesSelfmateChess-Family War GamesShatranjChess-Family War GamesSho shogiChess-Family War GamesShogiChess-Family War GamesShogun (1976 board game)Chess-Family War GamesStratego: LegendsChess-Family War GamesStratomicChess-Family War GamesTafl GamesChess-Family War GamesTai shogiChess-Family War GamesTaikyoku shogiChess-Family War GamesThree-dimensional chessChess-Family War GamesThree-player chessChess-Family War GamesTori shogiChess-Family War GamesTranscendental chessChess-Family War GamesTrishogiChess-Family War GamesWheat and chessboard problemChess-Family War GamesWildebeest chessChess-Family War GamesWolf chessChess-Family War GamesXiangqiChess-Family War GamesYari shogiChess-Family War GamesSources1. Wikipedia: Chaturangatier 2WikipediaChaturanga, Origin sectionQuote, Chaturanga, Origin sectionThe earliest clear reference comes from north India from the Gupta Empire, dating from the sixth century AD.View the Source2. Wikipedia: History of chesstier 2WikipediaHistory of chess, Origin sectionQuote, History of chess, Origin sectionChess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shapeView 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.Essays About This Entity (1 essay)What Actually Holds The Chess Family TogetherRead the EssayFrequently Asked QuestionsWhat separates the Chess-Family War Games category from Modern Conquest and War Games?The dividing line is historical lineage: chess-family games descend from or parallel Chaturanga, while modern conquest games like Risk have no such lineage.Chess-Family War Games covers the chess family proper, games of differentiated armies descended from or parallel to the historical game of Chaturanga, including Chess, Xiangqi, Janggi and Shogi, where each piece has its own rank and movement rule. Modern Conquest and War Games instead covers 20th-century commercial games such as Diplomacy, Risk and Stratego that have no traditional chess-family lineage, so the dividing line is historical lineage rather than theme.