Other turn based strategy games?

I absolutely love every aspect of chess but lately I have been looking for a game thats LIKE chess and has every strategic aspect but a new flare. Perferably free as I don't have much money. So far I have found Zatikon which is a really good one but I was wondering if anyone else knew of any besides Zatikon... Thanks!

I would suggest the chinese version of chess, xiangqi above all.  Heres a website to play it online: http://www.clubxiangqi.com/

Also check out japans version of chess, shogi.  Never really got into that (lack of opponents)

Personally I would suggest sticking to chess.  It never becomes dull, you can spend your entire life (and indeed, many have) and still not master the game.

I bought a Go set, but have never learned how to play, as my chess interest has of late become an all consuming obsession.

Anyway, I hear it is a very strategic game.

I have only heard of Shogi, thanks for the suggestions guys! I will definitely have to check these out. I have to agree, chess is very consuming and I can spend days on end playing, but I sometimes like to mix it up :D 

Im playing fire emblem shadow dragon! Which is technically a turn based strategy RPG

 Shogi is a very interesting Japanese chess variant with a very unique rule that captured pieces can come back into the game.

If you want to learn more about shogi, I suggest going to You Tube and watching shogi videos by Hidetchi at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkz0LVBg0W4&feature=channel_page

The shogi videos are in English even though Hidetchi is a Japanese native. His English is quite good and understandable.

(Of course I love chess, but shogi is a very good alternative when you are in the mood for another chess like game).

Hey I just checked out fire emblem shadow dragon and it says its just for DS unless I am crazy. I don't have a DS!

I did start playing Shogi thank you guys for the advice it was really helpful!

Go.

Anyone ever play Abalone?  We got it over Christmas and it's really been a hit.  It's much simpler than chess as far as learning rules is concerned (think "sumo wrestling with marbles"), but it does reward tactical planning and visualization skills.

Abalone looks fun -- like chess, lots of complexity when compared to the size of its small and simple ruleset.

I've always wanted to give Go a go as well.

www.gamesbyemail.com - many of my favorites there!

Go is said to be intensely hard to learn and a single game can last for weeks! Heck, the tournament finalists have to be put on OXYGEN TANKS because they starved their BRAINS of oxygen from thinking so hard! Who knew it could be so intense???

Pente.org.  Kind of like a hybred between othello and Go

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I actually am interested and have checked most of these games out :P But I did enjoy your comment it made me laugh.

Turn based strategy games? Let's see:

1. There's all the chess variants, including Shogi and Xiang-qi. The best place for info about those is www.chessvariants.com. Chess variants I've got/played include Cross Chess (owned but haven't played), Tile Chess (interesting, but problematic with three players), Shogi (owned but haven't played), Xiang-qi (not played enough for an opinion), Proteus (not sure I like it, but the dice are cool and useful for other variants), Star Trek Chess (made up rules don't make full use of the weird board), Knightmare Chess (you have to be careful with this one or it just gets silly), Fischer Random (way cool, and just uses a normal chess set), Seirawan Chess (just got this, hope to play tomorrow at the club).
2. Go: very cool game. It was big in the CS department where I was an undergrad because it is so resistant to computer analysis. Easily scales uses different board sizes for beginners.
3. GIPF Project: Gipf, Tamsk, Zertz, and others. The quality in this group is varied. I like Gipf, I just suck at it. Very cool concept for chaining games together though.
4. Octi: Owned but never played. Looks interesting (you can move a piece or make a piece more powerful), but I'm afraid it would fall prey to the same problems as Proteus, which uses a similar mechanic. That is, you have to expend resources to make the game interesting.
5. Icehouse: More a game set than a game, but it includes some decent strategy games.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head in the "like chess" or "no random factors" category. Maybe I can come up with some more when I get home and can poke around my game collection.

Hey Ichabod thanks for the reply I just checked out Octi and I think it is a really cool concept, and free. managed to keep me busy for a few hours so it earns a pass in my book :D Gipf also looks interesting, probably going to have to try it. Well that should at least keep me busy for awhile.

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 Free Octi? I guess you mean online. I have the old set with the wood pieces. Same for Gipf, but I guess I knew that was online.

There's no board game as cool as Go, as it has tons of strategy and tactics in equal parts. If you think selecting a move out of four or five in a game of chess is tough, try to figure out how to choose between ten times more candidate moves in a game of Go. Also, no cheating on Go servers like KGS or OroBaduk, since Go programs hardly reach upper kyu strength, so the people there are much more relaxed on this issue. 

Xiangqi is really great if you want to get better at tactics. I really wanted to recommend Shogi, but it's really hard - at least for me - to distinguish between the kanji symbols on the pieces (maybe it would be easier to play with a westernized set).