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Pent-AshtapadaA Zillions-of-Games file . A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Jul 27, 2003 09:45 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
More balanced in cell colours than Raumschach, but less unwieldy than an 8x8x8 board. It could do with a name more suggestive of Chess as Ashtapada (as well as meaning the 8x8 board and much else) was a game preceding Chaturanga, probably much simpler with undifferentiated pieces.