Heritage & Global Classics
The Strategy Catalogue
Centuries of mathematical ingenuity, royal court favorites, and pure abstract strategy—faithfully crafted with tactile 3D realism and intelligent AI.
★ Featured Heritage Game
Pachisi
Regional Names: Chaupad, Twenty-Five, Sokkattan, Chausar
The historic national race game of India played on a cross-shaped board. Players cast 6 cowrie shells to navigate four pawns home through safe castles and tactical captures.
✦ Handcrafted 3D Realism
✦ 6 Cowrie Shells Cast Physics
✦ Multi-Level Intelligent AI
✦ 2–4 Player Royal Race
Playable 3D
Bagh Bakri
Regional: Bagh Chal, Adu Huli, Puli Joodam, Pulijudam
A classic Indian board game where 4 ferocious tigers hunt and 20 agile goats cooperate to block them. Simple rules, deep strategy, and centuries of history.
Players
2 Players
Duration
20–30 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Playable 3D
Pachisi
Regional: Chaupad, Twenty-Five, Sokkattan, Chausar
The historic national race game of India played on a cross-shaped board. Players cast 6 cowrie shells to navigate four pawns home through safe castles and tactical captures.
Players
2–4 Players
Duration
20–45 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Playable 3D
Gomoku World
Regional: Five in a Row, Renju, Wuziqi
Five in a row. Simple rules, infinite tactical possibilities. Continuous alignment strategy on an engraved 15x15 wooden grid with convex obsidian and porcelain Go stones.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–20 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Playable 3D
Reversi World
Regional: Othello, Reversi
Capture, flip, and control the board. Outflank opposing discs on an 8x8 felt-lined wood frame with physical horizontal axis disc flip rotations.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–20 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Playable 3D
Nine Men's Morris
Regional: Navakankari, Merels, Mill, Nine Men's Mill
An ancient classic of strategic alignment. Players place and slide pieces along 3 concentric squares to form mills of three, capturing opponent pieces.
Players
2 Players
Duration
15–30 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Playable 3D
Pallanguzhi
Regional: Ali Guli Mane, Vamana Guntalu, Kuzhipara, Chenne Mane
A traditional Indian game of strategy and math. Distribute and capture cowrie shells or tamarind seeds across 14 carved wooden pits.
Players
2 Players
Duration
15–25 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Playable 3D
Chowka Bara
Regional: Katte Mane, Ashta Chamma, Daayam, Pakidakali, Chauka Bara
A classic race-strategy game played on a 5x5 grid using 4 cowrie shells. Players navigate concentric loops, capture opponent pawns to unlock the inner sanctum, and race to the central Ghar.
Players
2–4 Players
Duration
15–30 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Playable 3D
Chaupar
Regional: Chausar, Chaupad
A strategic royal race game played on a cross-shaped cloth board with 3 long rectangular cubic wooden dice. Featuring no safe zones, players form pairs (Joori) to build impenetrable blockades.
Players
2–4 Players
Duration
30–60 mins
Difficulty
Hard
Playable 3D
Twelve Beads
Regional: Baro Guti, 12 Guti, Barah Guti
Also known as Baro Guti, this is a strategic war alignment game where players jump and capture opposing beads across an intersecting diamond grid.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–20 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Playable 3D
Pretwa
Regional: Circular Alquerque
A rare traditional strategy game from Bihar played on a circular mandala board. Players slide pieces along radial lines and concentric arcs, leaping to capture.
Players
2 Players
Duration
15–25 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Playable 3D
Ataxx World
Regional: Infection, Spot
Infect and convert surrounding opponent tokens on a 7x7 grid featuring parabolic arc jumps and clone expansions.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–15 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Playable 3D
Hex World
Regional: John Nash Hex, Polygon
Connect opposing board borders across a true 3D hexagonal grid with animated gold path connection beams.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–20 mins
Difficulty
Hard
Playable 3D
Quoridor World
Regional: Blockade, Corridor
Navigate pawns to the target baseline while placing 3D physical wooden wall barriers to obstruct opponents.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–15 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Playable 3D
Surakarta World
Regional: Permainan Surakarta
Traditional Indonesian strategy featuring circular corner loop tracks for high-speed arc sliding captures.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–20 mins
Difficulty
Medium
In Development
Twelve Men's Morris
Regional: Morabaraba Ancestor, Large Merels
An extended variant of Nine Men's Morris adding four diagonal corner lines connecting all three concentric squares, played with 12 pieces per side.
Players
2 Players
Duration
20–35 mins
Difficulty
Hard
In Development
Six Men's Morris
Regional: Small Merels
A shorter, intense 2-square variant played with 6 pieces each on 16 intersection nodes.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–15 mins
Difficulty
Easy
In Development
Morabaraba
Regional: Umlabalaba, African Morris
Traditional Southern African mill game played with 12 'cows' per player on a 24-node diagonal grid with flying transitions.
Players
2 Players
Duration
20–30 mins
Difficulty
Hard
In Development
Hashi World
Regional: Hashiwokakero, Bridges
Connect numbered islands with single or double horizontal and vertical bridges until every island has its required degrees without crossing.
Players
1 Player (Puzzle)
Duration
5–20 mins
Difficulty
Medium
In Development
Abalone World
Regional: Abalone
Push opposing marbles off the hexagonal board using numerical superiority (Sumito) along straight lines and broadside maneuvers.
Players
2 Players
Duration
15–30 mins
Difficulty
Medium
In Development
RealmForge
Regional: RealmForge Mobile
Mantrika's proprietary game creation and strategy exploration engine.
Players
1–2 Players
Duration
20–40 mins
Difficulty
Hard
Roadmap
Chai-Chudi
Regional: Glass Bangle Alignment
A traditional folk game from the Deccan plateau played with circular bangle rings and seeds.
Players
2 Players
Duration
15–20 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Roadmap
Mastermind World
Regional: Bulls and Cows, Mastermind
Deduce a hidden four-peg color code in 10 guesses or fewer using black and white feedback pegs.
Players
1–2 Players
Duration
10–15 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Roadmap
Klotski World
Regional: Huarong Dao, Sliding Block
Slide hardwood blocks of varying dimensions through constrained corridors to guide the primary block to the exit.
Players
1 Player (Puzzle)
Duration
10–30 mins
Difficulty
Hard
Roadmap
Sokoban World
Regional: Warehouse Keeper
Push storage crates onto marked target squares in labyrinthine warehouses without trapping boxes against walls.
Players
1 Player (Puzzle)
Duration
10–25 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Roadmap
Hive World
Regional: Hive
A boardless abstract strategy game where players place and maneuver insect tiles to completely surround the opposing Queen Bee.
Players
2 Players
Duration
15–25 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Roadmap
Onitama World
Regional: Onitama
Martial arts dueling on a 5x5 grid using five shared movement cards that cycle between players after each strike.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–20 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Roadmap
Tak World
Regional: Tak
Build an unbroken road across the board using flat stones, standing walls, and towering capstones.
Players
2 Players
Duration
15–30 mins
Difficulty
Hard
Roadmap
Pylos World
Regional: Pylos
Stack spheres on a 4x4 base to construct a four-tiered pyramid. Conserve your spheres to place the final apex sphere.
Players
2 Players
Duration
10–15 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Roadmap
Living World
Regional: Living World Concept
An original Mantrika strategy concept modeling emergent territorial ecosystems.
Players
1–2 Players
Duration
25–45 mins
Difficulty
Hard
Roadmap
Moksha Patam
Regional: Gyan Chaupar, Original Snakes and Ladders
The ancient spiritual moral race game of India that originated Snakes and Ladders, teaching virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes).
Players
2–4 Players
Duration
20–30 mins
Difficulty
Easy