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Best 1 Arimaa
Arimaa

Arimaa is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented in 2002 by Omar Syed. It is played on an 8x8 board using six different types of animal pieces, including elephants, camels, horses, dogs, cats, and rabbits. Syed specifically designed the game to be difficult for artificial intelligence to...

8.93 Great
Why this score

Internationally respected modern abstract with deep strategy, elegant rules, strong tournament history, and lasting significance from its computer challenge.

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2 Boxer 8x8
Boxer 8x8

The Boxer 8x8 is a modern, modular eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier developed by Artec Industries. This vehicle provides robust troop transport capabilities alongside reconnaissance functions for military use. It’s utilized by various armed forces globally including those in Germany, Italy, a...

3 Patria AMV XP

The Patria AMV XP is an 8x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier developed by Finnish company Patria. It’s notable for its modular design allowing rapid adaptation to diverse operational requirements and providing robust protection. Primarily intended for military use, it serves armed forces globally n...

4 Ultima
Ultima

Ultima is an abstract strategy game invented by Robert Abbott and first published in 1962. Played on an 8 by 8 board, it retains a chess-like objective centered on the opposing king but replaces conventional captures with several distinct mechanisms, including custodial capture, withdrawal, coordina...

8.21 Great
Why this score

Influential Robert Abbott design acclaimed for inventive capture systems and strategic originality, with some opacity and balance concerns.

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5 Cambodian Chess

Cambodian Chess, known as Ouk Chaktrang, is the traditional chess game of Cambodia, closely related to Thai Makruk and descended from Chaturanga. Played on an 8x8 board, its rules resemble those of modern chess but differ in initial piece placement, pawn movement, and endgame conditions, such as a c...

8.08 Great
Why this score

Respected Cambodian national tradition with centuries of cultural importance, coherent strategy, active play, and distinctive opening conventions.

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6 Italian Progressive Chess

Italian Progressive Chess is a chess variant where players sequentially increase the number of moves they can make per turn, starting with one move for White and alternating. The defining rule specific to the Italian variation is that checks to the opponent's king are strictly prohibited unless the...

7.78 Good
Why this score

One of the stronger progressive forms, producing rich forcing combinations and established problem play, though highly tactical and frequently unbalanced.

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7 Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle

The Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle is a Japanese tracked armored vehicle designed for infantry transport and fire support, featuring a remotely operated turret armed with a 105mm gun and intended to enhance battlefield mobility.

8 Centauro II

The Iveco Centauro II is an Italian-designed 8x8 wheeled armored reconnaissance and fire support vehicle. It serves as a modern tank destroyer, featuring a stabilized 120mm gun that provides firepower comparable to main battle tanks while maintaining high tactical mobility. The vehicle offers enhanc...

9 KNDS VBCI
KNDS VBCI

The KNDS VBCI (Véhicule Blindé de Combat d'Infanterie) is an 8x8 wheeled armored infantry fighting vehicle developed by the French companies Nexter and Thales. Entering service with the French Army in the late 2000s, it was designed to replace older tracked vehicles and provide rapid deployment capa...

10 Musketeer Chess Variant

Musketeer Chess is an 8 by 8 chess variant created by Zied Haddad. Before a game begins, players select two additional fairy chess pieces from a larger set, so the material and strategic possibilities vary between games. Examples of the added pieces include the hawk and elephant. The design is for p...

7.52 Good
Why this score

Drafted fairy pieces add variety without replacing the standard army, earning specialist praise, though balance complexity and modest adoption remain concerns.

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11 Cylindrical Chess

Cylindrical Chess is a historical variant of standard Western chess that operates on the concept of a cylindrical board. The primary distinguishing rule is that the left and right edges of the board are considered connected, allowing pieces to move horizontally off one edge and reappear on the oppos...

7.52 Good
Why this score

Classic and widely recognized topology variant with elegant wraparound play, strong tactical novelty, and manageable rules despite distorted edge strategy.

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12 Chess 480
Chess 480

Chess 480 is a chess variant developed by Reinhard Scharnagl as a more restricted starting-position system related to Chess960. Instead of permitting all 960 Chess960 arrangements, it uses 480 positions selected to preserve a symmetrical and balanced placement of the back-rank pieces. The game is fo...

7.48 Good
Why this score

Its curated starting positions address some Chess960 irregularities, but adoption, event support, and theoretical development remain comparatively small.

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13 Stryker ICV

The Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) is an American armored personnel carrier built on a common platform with other Stryker variants, designed for rapid troop transport and fire support in modular configurations.

14 FNSS PARS IV 8x8

The FNSS PARS IV is an 8x8 wheeled armored vehicle manufactured in Turkey and Indonesia, designed for troop transport, reconnaissance, and command/control roles with modular armor providing scalable protection.

15 8x8 XCaaS
8x8 XCaaS

8x8 XCaaS (Experience Communications as a Service) is a cloud-based unified communications platform developed by 8x8, Inc. It consolidates enterprise telephony, video conferencing, team messaging, and contact center capabilities into a single application. The platform is distinguished by its open co...

7.25 Good
Why this score

Capable unified communications and contact-center platform; reviews praise value but cite support, reliability, and interface issues.

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16 Otokar Arma 8x8

The Otokar Arma is an 8x8 multi-role armored vehicle manufactured in Turkey, designed for troop transport, command and control, or weapon platform roles with modular armor providing scalable protection.

17 Kinglet
Kinglet

Kinglet is a fairy chess variant invented by the British game designer Vernon Ryland Parton in the mid-20th century. Played on a standard 8x8 board, the variant modifies the traditional rules of chess by replacing the single king piece with multiple "kinglets" for each player. The primary objective...

7.14 Good
Why this score

Respected Parton invention with an elegant multiple-royal objective and lively tactics, although unusual victory tracking adds cognitive overhead.

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18 Freccia IFV

The Freccia is an Italian Infantry Fighting Vehicle manufactured by Iveco Defence Vehicles and Leonardo, utilizing a Cockerill turret armed with a 40mm gun and designed for rapid troop transport and fire support.

19 Almost Chess

Ralph Betza's Almost Chess is a variant where the traditional queens are replaced by different, specialized fairy pieces to alter game balance.

7.04 Good
Why this score

Betza's restrained queen replacement is admired for elegant experimentation and plausible balance, though it remains primarily a specialist design.

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20 BTR-82A
BTR-82A

The BTR-82A is a Soviet/Russian armored personnel carrier featuring improved firepower with a 30mm autocannon and coaxial machine gun, alongside enhanced armor protection compared to earlier BTR models.

21 8x8 Video Meetings

8x8 Video Meetings provides a scalable video conferencing platform enabling large teams – typically up to 250 participants – to conduct seamless, high-quality virtual meetings and webinars with robust recording and analytics features.

22 Heian Shogi

Heian shogi is a historical form of Japanese shogi associated with the Heian period, from 794 to 1185. The surviving early rule tradition describes pieces such as the king, gold general, silver general, knight, lance, and pawn, while the exact board dimensions and starting arrangement remain uncerta...

6.40 Fair
Why this score

Historically important shogi ancestor; valued academically more than as a fully compelling modern game.

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23 Falcon-Hunter Chess

Falcon-Hunter Chess is a chess variant played on an eight-by-eight board that introduces two asymmetrical compound pieces. The Falcon moves forward as a bishop and backward as a rook, while the Hunter reverses those movement directions. Their movement depends on the direction of travel, so the piece...

24 Amazon Chess

Amazon Chess is a chess variant that replaces the standard queen with an amazon piece. The amazon combines the queen's movement along ranks, files, and diagonals with the knight's ability to jump in an L-shaped move. Because the piece has greater mobility than a queen, the variant changes tactical t...

5.85 Average
Why this score

Simple amazon substitution creates spectacular tactics but serious balance and queen-power inflation concerns.

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25 Falcon Chess

Falcon Chess is a modern variant that introduces the falcon, a specialized fairy chess piece with unique extended movement capabilities on an expanded board.

5.82 Average
Why this score

Its distinctive fairy piece attracts specialist interest, but limited adoption, documentation, and competitive testing prevent broader recognition.

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26 Dragonfly Chess

Dragonfly Chess is a variant featuring a unique fairy chess piece called the dragonfly, which combines the movements of traditional chess pieces in complex, non-standard ways.

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