Arimaa is a two-player strategy board game that was designed to be playable with a standard chess set and difficult for computers while still being easy to learn and fun to play for humans. It was invented between 1997 and 2002 by Omar Syed.
Syed was inspired by Garry Kasparov's defeat at the hands of the chess computer Deep Blue to design a new game which would be difficult for computers to play well, but would have rules simple enough for his then four-year-old son Aamir to understand.
Abstract Cubic Arimaa set.
This product is being provided under a license from Arimaa.com and in compliance with "Section 2 of the Arimaa Public License".
Why cubes? Because form follows function (one of the Bauhaus principles). After studying the rules, I noticed that all pieces move the same way. The difference between pieces is their conditional weight, which determines whether they can move an opponent's piece. A larger piece can move a smaller piece. This is how the idea for this abstract Arimaa set was born.
The board is folded from four parts for ease of storage.
Pieces Material: walnut & pear wood + linseed oil + wax. The natural wood texture has been saved. Without the use of paints or stains. Only wood, linseed oil and wax.
Elephant: 50 mm cube / 2.15" Rabbit height: 22 mm cube / 1.3"
Foldable 4-parts Board Material: linden & sucupira wood Size: 450x445x25 mm / 17.7"x17.5"x1" Hand carved lines.
