Games of the Generals (GG)

Another Filipino invention that gained popularity in the 1970s. An authentic strategy game but less tedious than chess. Games of the Generals or GG is played between two protagonists and an arbiter. Playing pieces have military ranks which are only known to the player concerned and, of course, to the arbiter. A player will only get an idea of an opposing piece once this opposing piece was killed or had already killed at least one of his pieces. A lot of cunning and bluffing is required of a good player. And since the game is played by at least 3 people it already promises to be funfilled but ... more