Board games
baroque chess
Funk & Wagnalls, 1968
baroque chess is a board game published by Funk & Wagnalls in 1968. It is played with 2 players, from age 8 and in about 30 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 30
- years
- 8+
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The box
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls
- Designer
- Robert Abbott
- Year of release
- 1968
- Also known as
- ultima · Abbott's Ultima
- Official website
- logicmazes.com
About the game
Baroque chess is a chess variant invented in 1962 by Robert Abbott. In 1963, at the suggestion of his publisher, he changed the name to Ultima, by which name it is also known. Abbott later considered his invention flawed and suggested amendments to the rules, but these suggestions have been substantially ignored by the gaming community, which continues to play by the 1962 rules. Since the rules for Baroque were first laid down in 1962, some regional variation has arisen, causing the game to diverge from Ultima.More from Funk & Wagnalls
- Éleusis · 1956
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