Indiac. 600 CE
Chess
Where kings fall, queens rise.
Bagh Chal
Nepal · c. 1500 CE
Eleven of them, from every corner of the world — played with the friends, family and cafés near you.
The catalog
Every game in Board & Pieces was carried across centuries by the people who played it — empires, traders, families, monks, mothers. We bring them all into one board, with the cultural stories that made them.
Where kings fall, queens rise.
Two stones. Infinite universes.
Two generals. One river between.
Five thousand years of luck.
Plant. Harvest. Repeat.
Sometimes the goats win.
The king must run.
Three in a row. Three thousand years.
Four stones. Eight points. Endless thought.
The game the empire forbade.
Every wall is a decision.
Where kings fall, queens rise.
Two stones. Infinite universes.
Two generals. One river between.
Five thousand years of luck.
Plant. Harvest. Repeat.
Sometimes the goats win.
The king must run.
Three in a row. Three thousand years.
Four stones. Eight points. Endless thought.
The game the empire forbade.
Every wall is a decision.
Wherever your people are
Home, your circle, the café down the road, the office. Same eleven games, same people you already know.
At home
Start a family group and the board is always set — your kids, your partner, your parents, one shared balance covering all of them. The leaderboard is what makes the Sunday rematch mean something.
With your circle
The group chat already exists. Pool one subscription, keep your own standings between the six of you, and pick the rematch back up wherever the next coffee happens to be.
At your café
Cafés, clubs and community spaces sponsor a venue, and every game played there is free for whoever is in the room. Walk in, open the app, find an opponent at the next table.
At work
Co-working spaces and small teams give people a reason to stay past the last meeting. Sponsor a board, put your name on the leaderboard, and the games are on the house.
And everywhere else
Chess clubs, after-school programmes, the regulars at your local library. If your circle has a name, it can have a board — and a leaderboard worth defending.
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