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Crazy 38's is a game information page. It is categorized as: Two dimensional, Small board, Unorthodox shaped board.

Crazy 38's. On strange board with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) (Recognized!)

By Ben Good.

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In 1997/1998, the first chess variant design contest was held on the Chess Variant Pages website: design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares. Winner of this contest was Ben Good with his game Crazy 38s. The game also received the largest number of votes in the categories: Most original game and Best Game design. Most striking feature of this variant is the board: it has a remarkable shape which creates interesting possibilities in play. The game borrows many elements from Shogi.

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The board used for this game has 38 cells/squares.
This game is a 2 player game.

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