Exploring other board games -- a challenge

Bao la Kiswahili: https://www.kibao.org/kanuni.php?lng=en

Not my cup of tea, but I am under the impression that it is considered one of the deepest mancala games.

You can play correspondence on the same site.

Arimaa: http://arimaa.com/arimaa/

An elegant game that looks similar to chess on the surface, but plays more like go in the sense of simpler piece rules and strategy-tactics balance. (more whole board thinking and recognizing shapes and less brute force reading).

The same site is the best place to play it online currently.

Thue-Morse Go: Thue-Morse (Fair Sharing) Sequence: A possible alternative to komi?

As long as we’re listing go variants, I must submit this love it or hate it gem. :smiley:

The best place to play online is a site called OGS some of you may have heard of. :smiley:

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