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Year Published
1000
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(11 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(7 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Shogi
Alternate Names
将棋
將棋
Japansk schack
Samurai
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Families
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It is the Japanese version of the big family of "chess" games, whose other notable games are Western Chess and XiangQi.

It is played on a 9 by 9 board, and the object is to capture the opponent's king. There are two main differences with Western chess. First, not only pawns but almost every piece can promote if it reaches the opponents three last rows. Second and most distinctive characteristic is that captured pieces become property of the capturing player and during his turn he can "parachute" or "drop" them back to the board instead of performing a normal move. Because of this feature, similar to Bughouse, the game can last longer than a Chess game, the board generally stays fairly crowded and there is no simplification going into the endgame.

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1 Art for 2-sided board (shogi and tori shogi)!
Includes art that I used to make a full wrap 2-sided quad fold board with a 9x9 grid on one side and a 7x7 for tori shogi on the other. Here's an image of the finished project: [ImageID=263757] And here's a link to the tutorial I did for making full wrap gutterless multi fold boards: http://archive.bgdf.com/tiki-index.php?page=Making+Game+Boards+Without+Gutters The file for the movement charts can be found here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/27440
2009-03-31
1 Print and Play Shogi board and pieces (Japanese Kanji)
Print and Play Shogi board and pieces (Japanese Kanji)
2009-03-04
0 Shogi Pieces Universal grid style
I created these universal shogi pieces with Adobe Illustrator. I like to glue them over magnet stripping. Cut them out. Print out a board and glue it to a steal plate: Instant Shogi set! I uploaded a sample image under in the image gallery. Enjoy :!)
2008-09-10
0 shogi board print 9x9
Print twice, cut, tape, and board is ready.
2008-09-10
3 Shogi (Japanese Chess) Rules
Basic illustrated rules pamphlet for Shogi from ancientchess.com
2008-07-21
5 Koma Movement Charts
Movement charts for Shogi, Tori Shogi, and Tori Shogi using Shogi koma.
2007-10-21
0 VShogi_v1.mod
This is version 1.0 of a basic Shogi module for VASSAL. Now you can play LIVE!
2007-03-27
3 shogi_board_pieces_west.pdf
Print and play Western-style shogi board and pieces. Board fits 8-1/2 x 11 sheet. Posted with permission from Gene Davis Software.
2007-02-16
6 Shogi.pdf
Print & Play Shogi set, with diagrammatic pieces, board & rules
2005-06-10
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