Home›Chess-Family War Games›Derived FromBrowse ByDerived FromDerived from traces a game back to the older form it grew out of. Wikipedia notes "forms of football in which the ball was carried and tossed date to the Middle Ages," a lineage rugby football drew on before splitting further "into the modern sports of rugby union and rugby league" in 1895. This dimension shows the sequence of games that led to a given one.FactsDerived FromFAQsSourcesComments (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. 2Derived FromFilter Results9 entriesSportAllBoard Game (8)Puzzle (1)Strategy Game (4)Tabletop Game (1)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (1)Small Group (3-6 Players) (3)Team-Based (Two Teams) (1)Two-Player (9)Origin RegionAllAsia (1)China (1)Ethiopia (1)France (1)Germany (1)India (1)Japan (3)Korean Peninsula (1)Mongolia (1)Myanmar (1)Netherlands (2)Russia (1)South Korea (1)United States (1)Origin YearAll600 (1)1100 (1)1400 (1)1500 (3)1800 (1)1821 (1)1854 (1)1871 (1)1890 (1)1899 (1)1916 (1)1930 (1)1941 (1)1943 (1)1948 (2)1949 (1)1953 (1)1956 (1)1960 (1)1962 (1)1967 (1)1970 (1)1975 (1)1976 (2)1977 (1)1979 (1)1982 (2)1984 (1)1985 (1)1986 (1)1989 (1)1991 (1)1995 (2)1996 (1)2001 (1)Playing Time BandAllUnder 30 Minutes (1)Skill or LuckAllSkill (3)Governing or Publishing BodyAllWorld Xiangqi Federation (1)Maximum PlayersAll2 (4)Minimum PlayersAll2 (4)Playing TimeAll60 (1)120 (2)300 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChaturangaDerived From5 entriesChessDerived From39 entriesChu shogiDerived From1 entryDai shogiDerived From1 entryEnglish draughtsDerived From1 entryJanggiDerived From1 entryShatranjDerived From1 entryShogiDerived From5 entriesXiangqiDerived From5 entriesFAQsWhat 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