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Djambi (also described as "Machiavelli's chessboard") is a board game and a chess variant for four players, invented by Jean Anesto in 1975. The rulebook in French describes the game, the pieces and the rules in a humorous and theatrical way, clearly stating that the game pieces are intended to represent all wrongdoings in politics.

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Rules
  • Material
  • Objective
  • Starting position
  • Movements
  • Captures
  • Death and surrounding of a chief
  • The maze
  • Killing a chief in power
  • Alliances and betrayals
  • End of the game
  • Variants
  • Three-player variant
  • Influence
  • References
  • External links

Djambi (also described as "Machiavelli's chessboard") is a board game and a chess variant for four players, invented by Jean Anesto in 1975. The rulebook in French describes the game, the pieces and the rules in a humorous and theatrical way, clearly stating that the game pieces are intended to represent all wrongdoings in politics.

==Rules==

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