Wikipedia skrev:Arimaa was invented by Omar Syed, an Indian American computer engineer trained in artificial intelligence. Syed was inspired by Garry Kasparov's defeat at the hands of the chess computer Deep Blue to design a new game which could be played with a standard chess set, would be difficult for computers to play well, but would have rules simple enough for his four-year-old son Aamir to understand. [...]

For beginning insights into good play, see the Arimaa Wikibook articles on tactics and strategy.