Arimaa

English thumb|An Arimaa board Etymology From en Amir Aamir, the name of the son of the inventor of the game (Omar Syed), spelled backwards, plus an initial a. Pronunciation en /əˈriːmə/ Proper noun A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen pieces moving according to fixed rules across an 8×8 board with the objective to get one rabbit to the opposite side, kill all the opponents rabbits on your turn, or make the opponent have no legal moves on their turn. en w:James Bridle Cognition The New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future 2018 Verso Books 978-1-78663-548-8 158 In Arimaa, players can arrange their pieces in any configuration, and must move one of their weakest pieces—pawns renamed as rabbits—to the far side of the board to win. See also en checkers chess draughts scacchic en eponyms en Board games