It is particularily important that the rules governing vaulting should be completely agreed upon. These variations are similar to differences in chess rules on Earth before advances in communication and transportation allowed standardization. Poron Jikaida is the smallest form of Jikaida. There are other sizes of board and numbers of pieces employed. Great Jikaida is the largest.
Many forms employ aerial cavalry.
Jikshiv Jikaida is played on a board six drins by four drins. Hyrshiv Jikaida is played on a board three drins by four drins. The Lamdu version of Hyrshiv Jikaida employs ninety pieces a side. In the larger games with more pieces the power of superior pieces increases with the additions, the Jiktar taking on the powers of the Chuktar for example. The Flutsman, who moves four spaces, diagonally or orthogonally, over intervening pieces, must touch down on an unoccupied square, and then move or capture one square orthogonally or diagonally.