What are the names of some Japanese board games?

Answer 1

NAME -------- SHORT DESCRIPTION --------- WESTERN RELEVANCE Go --- Territory - surrounding game with stones --- None Gomuku --- Aim is to get 5 stones in a row --- Pente; distant relative of Tic - Tac - Toe Renju --- Advanced form of Gomuku --- Pente; distanat relative of Tic - Tac - Toe Shogi --- Played on a 9x9 board --- Chess [Type A] Sugoroku --- Race game --- Backgammon [Type B] Sugoroku --- Race game --- Snakes & Ladders