Aeroplane chess
Aeroplane Chess (, literally "Aviation Game" or "Flying Chess") is a Chinese cross-and-circle board game similar to the Western game of Ludo and the Indian game of Pachisi. Developed in the 20th century, Aeroplane Chess features airplanes as pieces instead of the more abstract pawns and beehive-shaped pieces found in the games from which it is derived. Aeroplane Chess has spread around the world, especially in Africa. Aeroplane Chess comes in many different packages that are manufactured by different companies. The inventor of Aeroplane Chess is not known and the game has entered the public domain , now ranking among Jungle and Luzhanqi as one of China's classic modern board games. Objective. Two to four players each try to get all their own plane pieces from their hangars, located at the corners of the board, into the base of their own colour in the centre of the board. Each player takes a turn by rolling the die. On a turn a player may do the following: Additional rules: Ending the game. A plane must fly into the centre base on an exact roll. When a plane does so, it is placed face down back in its  own hangar, indicating that it is done for the game. The first player to get all four of their planes to the centre of the board wins.The rest play until there is only one loser. Optional rules. Like many other board games, people add their own rules that give the game a colloquial and folkloric quality: