NUBIA AFRICAN CHESS Game: Africa's Answer to Western chess

It has been over 1,500 years ago that the parent game of all chess called Chaturanga was invented in India and since then there have been over 2,000 variants of the original game made (including Xiang-qi or Chinese chess, shatrang or Persian chess, western/international chess etc.). Of these 2,000 variants, NONE of them is African in nature/game play and ALL of these over 2000 variants have the original, ancient and long-held objective of capturing the king piece.

Over the centuries, conflict theory and warfare has changed a lot, however the ultimate war board game of chess hasn't evolved to reflect that reality. This reality is that war has changed from the actions of a belligerent king causing conflict, to conflicts springing up because of disputes over land boundaries/annexations, and the ownership and control of natural resources mines. Chess in its previous 2,000 variations and over the last 1500 years is firmly stuck in the middle ages

We introduce Nubia: the African Chess. Nubia is Africa's first indigenous chess variant with African war tactics/ strategy, that also innovates on all other currently existing variants by having a more modern conflict idea and objective; i.e. an objective of claiming lands and the natural resources on them. Nubia has come to show the way not just for African war strategy expressions but for chess lovers all over the world seeking a more modern, and fresh idea for conflict

NUBIA PIECES
1. The Egyptian Negus or Imperion
2. The Egyptian queen
3. The North African War Chief
4. The East African High Chief
5. The West African Mystic
6. The South African Advisor
7. The Male Peasant
8. The Female Peasant

NUBIA BOARD
Nubia is played on a special 10X10 checkered board pock-marked with icons denoting locations and sites across Africa. The Nubia boards rows are denoted from center of board to Back as:

- Border, outskirts, Town center, Market, and Palace

It's columns are denoted from left to right as:

-1st path, 2nd path, 3rd path........ 10th path

NUBIA GAME OBJECTIVE
The game's objective is to guide any of one's Peasant pieces to land on any of the opponent's natural resources mines (these are located in the outskirts row of each town). Once this occurs, the game is won.

THE UNIQUENESS OF THE NUBIA

1. A departure from the ancient game objective of capturing the king piece
2. A utilisation of certain African war tactics such as the Mystic's Hypnosis, and the Invincible king
3. A piece that can capture more than one opponent piece at a time
4. A King piece that cannot be captured
5. A piece that can turn opponent pieces against each other
6. The Nubia game board gives a much more real sense of traversing a real-world landscape evidenced by the naming of the rows and the columns as actual relatable locations and paths (border, outskirts, town centre, market, palace).

CURRENT NUBIA PRODUCT RANGE
1. The Generic Traditional African Army version
-Mass production version
-simple silhouette design style
-Plastic

2. The Generic Modern African military version
-Mass production version
-simple sihouette design style
-plastic

3. The traditional Yoruba Empire Army version
-limited edition version, based on orders only
-Full standing humanoids design style
-Cast Resin

4. The traditional Lagos city Army version
-limited edition, based on orders only
-full standing humanoids design style
-Cast metal

5. 3D-printed Traditional African army version -limited edition, based on orders only
-Humanoid bust design style
-3D Plastic filaments



POSITIONING STATEMENT
For young chess lovers of African origin on the continent and in the diaspora, who desire a genuinely african version of chess with a more modern conflict idea, Nubia satisfies this yearning fantastically. Unlike all other versions of chess in history, it sets itself clearly apart in its utilisation of African war strategy/tactics and a more modern idea of what causes conflict in the 21st century

Nubia African chess, invented by Obafemi Awolowo University Masters student of Cultural Anthropology; Adewonuola Ajayi is patented and trademarked under the WIPO/PCT treaty. Nubia has also received endorsements from the Center for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC), the Center for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) and the Institute of Cultural Studies (ICS).

Prominent Fans of the game of Nubia African Chess include Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife.

Nubia is best enjoyed with Cold Palmwine and and Afrocentric music.

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Is that the Ooni of Ife in the background? He can become patron of this.

Lalasticlala this is not snakes and ladders game o. Come and play this Nubian chess. There is snake pepper soup for you to.wack here.

This is good step in the right direction. It's high time we started promoting our African heritage

Thats a west african queen precisely benin all hail the oba