Qrid's Board Game Blog

This website contains many pages about board games -- their rules, their community, and their history -- especially ancient strategy games in the Chess family (Chaturanga, Chess, Xiangqi, etc.), games in the Checkers/Draughts family (Checkers, Backgammon, etc.) and card games (Five hundred, Euchre, etc.)

Table of Contents

Chess Family

• Chess
• Shogi
• Xiangqi
• Janggi
• Sittuyin
• Chaturanga
• Chaturaji
• Makruk

Checkers/Draughts Family

• American Checkers
• Canadian Checkers
• Backgammon
• Turkish Draughts
• International Draughts

Standard Card Games

• Solitaire
• Euchre
• Five Hundred
• Poker
• Blackjack

Games of Luck

Modern Strategy Games

Custom Games (by the creator of this site)