Abe’s Chaturanga game box: a jewelled blue elephant wearing a crown under the title Abe’s Chaturanga (Digital Tabletop Game) title card: the game’s blue elephant above a king, counsellor, chariot, horse, ship and warrior. Concepts: Abram Jones. Soundtrack: Internet Bad Boys.

Abe’s Chaturanga


Chaturanga is the earliest known ancestor of Chess. This game includes several of its known variants that date back over a thousand years, Chaturaji among them, along with contemporary rule variations, some of them created by Abram Jones.