Djambi
Sign in to saveDjambi (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 sectionsContents
- 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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