Onitama

Andrew says: I love games that aren’t chess. Don’t get me wrong: Ilove chess, but I know a lot of people that don’t. Onitama is one of those games that can bring someone who hates chess to the table while still scratching the same itch you get from wanting to play a chess game. In addition, it has a simple, but very dynamic move scheme as all pieces move in the same way, but the way they can move changes from turn to turn.

Onitamais a two-player, perfect information abstract game with a random starting set-up. On a 5×5 board, both players start with five pawns on their side, with the main pawn in the middle.

Each player has two open cards that each display a