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 GamesFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Essays About This Entity (1 essay)FactsComparisonEra 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 Results124 entriesSportAllBoard Game (62)Children's Game (1)Puzzle (6)Strategy Game (65)Tabletop Game (1)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (1)Single-Player (1)Small Group (3-6 Players) (10)Team-Based (Two Teams) (4)Two-Player (86)Origin RegionAllAsia (4)Central Asia (1)China (4)Eastern Europe (1)Ethiopia (1)Europe (2)France (1)Germany (1)India (4)Iran (1)Japan (13)Korean Peninsula (1)Mongolia (2)Myanmar (1)Netherlands (3)Northern Europe (2)Russia (1)South Korea (1)Southern Europe (1)Soviet Union (1)Thailand (1)The Middle East (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (2)Western Asia (1)Western Europe (1)Origin YearAll600 (2)1030 (1)1100 (1)1202 (1)1230 (1)1256 (1)1283 (1)1300 (1)1400 (1)1500 (4)1600 (1)1687 (1)1799 (1)1800 (1)1821 (1)1854 (1)1857 (1)1871 (1)1890 (1)1899 (1)1907 (1)1916 (1)1927 (1)1930 (1)1941 (1)1942 (1)1943 (2)1945 (1)1948 (1)1949 (1)1953 (2)1956 (1)1960 (1)1962 (2)1967 (1)1968 (1)1970 (2)1971 (1)1972 (1)1975 (2)1976 (3)1977 (2)1978 (1)1979 (2)1981 (1)1982 (1)1984 (4)1985 (2)1986 (2)1987 (3)1989 (2)1991 (1)1992 (2)1995 (3)1996 (3)1998 (2)1999 (1)2001 (2)2003 (1)2008 (1)2013 (1)Derived FromAllChaturanga (5)Chess (35)Chu shogi (1)Dai shogi (1)English draughts (1)Janggi (1)Shatranj (1)Shogi (5)Xiangqi (5)Playing Time BandAllOver 90 Minutes (1)Under 30 Minutes (1)Skill or LuckAllMixed (1)Skill (10)Age SuitabilityAllChildren (1)Governing or Publishing BodyAllWorld Xiangqi Federation (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 24Shogun (1976 board game)Chess-Family War GamesSittuyinChess-Family War GamesSoviet Union-United States radio chess match of 1945Chess-Family War GamesStratego: LegendsChess-Family War GamesStratomicChess-Family War GamesTafl GamesChess-Family War GamesTai shogiChess-Family War GamesTaikyoku shogiChess-Family War GamesTenjiku shogiChess-Family War GamesThe Duke (board game)Chess-Family War GamesThree-check chessChess-Family War GamesThree-dimensional chessChess-Family War GamesThree-man chessChess-Family War GamesThree-player chessChess-Family War GamesTori shogiChess-Family War GamesTranscendental chessChess-Family War GamesTrishogiChess-Family War GamesUnachessChess-Family War GamesWheat and chessboard problemChess-Family War GamesWildebeest chessChess-Family War GamesWolf chessChess-Family War GamesXiangqiChess-Family War GamesYari shogiChess-Family War GamesYonin shogiChess-Family War Games← Previous123FAQsWhat 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.Sources1. 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 Essay