Arimaa
Arimaa can be played with ordinary chess pieces
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Rules
- all pieces move just one square (horizontally or vertically)
- you have 4 "moves" per turn
- there are 4 traps in which pieces may disappear
- has 2 mechanisms called pushing and pulling of opponent pieces
- pushing=A pushes B==> A moves on square B and B onto square C
- pulling=A pulles B==> A moves on square A' and B onto square A
- freezing an opponent piece so that it can't move
- freezing, pushing & pulling of opponent pieces is only possible if they are weaker than your piece
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Links
http://arimaa.com (official Webpage)
http://www.smart-games.com/ (by the Author of ManyFacesOfGo, a restricted demo is available (usually doesn't finish games))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arimaa