Internet Links
Individual Game Sites
3D-Chess Federation
Great information, including photos, about 3D Chess.
Alva
Interesting checkers variant.
The American Chu Shogi Association
A great initiative on this superb larger Chess-type game.
The Authorized Klin Zha Homepage
The Klingon chess variant
Bao (Zanzibar)
Complete rules by Rob Nierse for this version.
Cathedral
A good site about this very attractive game.
The Chu Shogi Library
Colin Adams publishes wonderful material on Chu Shogi on this site.
Chu Shogi
Roger Hare's Chu Shogi page.
Dama (Turkish Checkers)
Excellent problems and other material on this interesting variant.
Fanorona
Play this Madagascan game.
Frisian Checkers
It's in Dutch, but very good on this variant.
Go Variants
Excellent collection of games - take a look at Tibetan Go.
Jetan
Definitive site on Martian Chess.
Jetan Tower
If you want to play Jetan, make contact here.
Hexagonal Kyoto Shogi
A good alternative to the regular game by Jochen Drechsler.
Kensington
Good information about this game and others, including Skirrid
Makruk
Thai Chess as played in Cambodia.
Mark Mammel's Five-in-a-Row Game Website
Links and information on this class of games, particularly Pente
FMJD - World Draughts Federation
Official site for International Checkers.
The Game of Lasca
A form of Column Checkers.
Hnefatafl - the Strategic Board Game of the Vikings
Great scholarly information about this game.
International Omweso Society
Uganda's national game.
Jan Van Rijswijck's Hex Page
The place to go for Hex Links.
Lines of Action Homepage
Good site maintained by Dave Dyer.
Micro-Shogi (Poppy Shogi)
An excellent site about this very small (4x5) Shogi variant.
Nine Men's Morris
Good site with links on this classic game.
Nine Men's Morris
History of the game.
Nine Men's Morris
The site is in German, but still fun to browse through.
Omega Chess
A fairly new larger Chess variant.
Quadlevel
Interesting 3D Chess variant.
The Oware society UK
This is a great site about the classic African game - also known as Wari.
The Renju International Federation
Huge site - fascinating world of Renju.
Shogi.Net
Pieter Stouten's great Shogi site.
Spanish Checkers
A site devoted to the Spanish variant of the game - reputedly the oldest.
Sprouts
Amazing information about this pencil-and-paper classic.
Tablut
Good site about this traditional Scandinavian game.
The Thoughtwave Project
Devoted to Eric Solomon's connection game
Twixt Puzzles
40 Twixt puzzles by inventor Alex Randolph.
World Camelot Federation
A wealth of information on this modern classic.
XiangQi
A nice site for this popular game.
Multiple Game Sites
Abstract Board Games
Good information about Trax and Octi.
Abstract Games
Mark Thompson's interesting game site.
Abstract Strategy Games
A wonderful site with great games.
Anchor, Trellis and Orbit
Original games from Steven Meyers
Colin Adam's Shogi Variant Site
Includes The Book of Tenjiku and a link to the Chu Shogi Library - a marvellous initiative.
African Games - Awale Links
A great collection of Mancala links.
Board Games
Computer opponents for many variants of Hnefatafl, Morris and Go-Moku
The Chess Variant Pages
Hans Bodlaender's excellent, encyclopedic site.
The Game Pile
Plenty of game information, especially on the 3M games.
Mancala Games
Mancala links by Hans Bodlaender.
Mindsports
"The great games of Christian Freeling"
Mind Sports Olympiad
Huge game website.
Museum and Archive of Games
Nice online game museum from the University of Waterloo.
Northumbria
The Society for the Preservation of Boardgames.
P.S. Neeley Shareware
Shareware on ancient games.
Quang Trung
Very interesting variant of Chinese Chess.
The Great Games of Sid Sackson
A good place to investigate the creations of this famous game inventor.
Shogi Variants
Excellent freeware. Great for keeping track of games.
Traditional Games
All types of traditional games.
The University of Alberta Games Group
Some amazing work is being done by this group. You can play many of their very strong programs online.
Game Magazines
About.com Boardgames
Erik Arneson collects great news and links.
Aces Up
A lot of interesting information about all types of games.
Board Game Central
A mass of information about all kinds of games.
Games Games Games
UK print magazine-news and reviews of all types of games.
The Game Report
Peter Sarrett's online game magazine.
Places to Play Games/ Game Clubs
AISE
The Italian correspondence club - specialized in progressive chess, but non-chess games, too.
kNights of the Square Table
A correspondence club - mostly chess, but some non-chess games.
Phil Holland's Shogi Pages
Postal Shogi and Tori Shogi.
Richard's PBeM Server
Play hundreds of abstract games by email.
Other
Boardgames.pagina.nl
Excellent collection of links for all areas of gaming.
Board Games in Academia
An academic approach.
Board Game
Locator Links for tracking down used games.
Brett and Board
Another large collection of game links.
Collectible Board Games
Collecting games and related topics.
Combinatorial Game Theory
The games we cover in Abstract Games are classed as combinatorial games.
Conway's Game of Life
Not strictly speaking a game site, but fascinating nevertheless.
Kadon Enterprises
Quality game and puzzle equipment.
Komodo Dragon Coffee House
Good links with reviews of the sites.
Logic Mazes
Robert Abbott's highly original mazes.
Luding - the board game database
The place to go for tracking down information about publishers and inventors.
MSO Cambridge 2002
a mind sports tournament in Cambridge UK.
Pièces d'échecs féériques
This is a wonderful collection of unusual Chess pieces.
Zillions of Games
The universal game engine.
Games Reviewed by Abstract Games
Blink
Bosworth
Chebache
Dao
Gobblet
Hive
OCTI
Pentagonia
Plateau
Project GIPF (Gipf, Tamsk, Zertz, Dvonn)
Proteus
Ricochet Robots
Trax
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