The Palace Journal
Chess has many cousins. This section explores the great strategy board games: the rules of draughts and what sets it apart from chess, backgammon, a subtle blend of luck and strategy, and our selection of board games that sharpen the mind. Fancy giving it a go? Discover our draughts sets, our backgammon boards and our whole collection of other games.
We all know it, entertainment isn’t just a source of fun, it can also be good for your brain! 🧠 If you thought playing board games was just a way to kill time on evenings with friends, think again. These games can genuinely boost your intelligence. Ready for an IQ upgrade? Here are the 7 […]
Everything you need to know about backgammon in one guide: equipment, starting set-up, how a game unfolds, variants around the world, simple strategies and criteria for choosing a suitable wooden board.
Shogi, or Japanese chess, is played on a 9×9 board with 20 pieces per player. Its most distinctive rule: captured pieces can be dropped back onto the board. Origins, rules, differences from Western chess: the complete guide.
Draughts board or chessboard, 20 pieces or 16: discover the real differences between draughts and chess, and how to choose a good wooden draughts board.
Draughts is played on a board where each piece moves diagonally on the dark squares, suitable from age 6. Capturing is compulsory whenever possible, and a piece reaching the last row becomes a king, the most powerful piece in the game. This page details all the rules, from simple moves to what the king can […]
