Creating a We Based Board Game UI - Where should I Begin? [on hold]

I am trying to create a simple board game. I am writing the back-end in Scala and am thinking of creating a web based user interface. The board game is played using dice and the players have pieces that move in a square board(very similar to Monopoly).

I am not sure what I need to learn to create this type of User Interface. There seem to be several Game Engines, but I don't need complex functionality like physics. But simple HTML seems inadequate to create even a square shaped board.

I am looking for some pointers about what kind of frameworks/technologies to learn in order to create this. I am not asking for specific frameworks, but what features I should look for in such a framework. Any examples where I can see this kind of thing will also be helpful.