Just curious here. The argument is that they are not, because
backgammon involves dice, and kriegspiel has imperfect information.
So, the question I would have is: are they or are they not?
The abstract strategy games site has an entry for Chebache, which uses
dice:
http://www.abstractstrategy.com/chebache.html
It is a backgammon variant.
Also people argue that kriegspiel actually fits as an abstract
strategy game.
So yes or no?
- Rich
