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Gunjin Shōgi or Japanese Military Chess (軍人将棋), also known as Marching Chess (行軍将棋, Kōgun Shōgi), is a two-player board game, intended for children. Although the pentagonal pieces are shaped like those of Shōgi , the objective is to capture the other player's flag, more similar in gameplay to Stratego (1942) and its ...
Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ i /, [1] Japanese:), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. Shōgi means general's (shō 将) board game (gi 棋).
Kyoto shogi (京都将棋, kyōto shōgi, "Kyoto chess") is a modern variant of shogi (Japanese chess). It was invented by Tamiya Katsuya c. 1976. It was invented by Tamiya Katsuya c. 1976. Kyoto shogi is played like standard shogi, but with a reduced number of pieces on a 5×5 board.
Habu Meijin no Omoshiro Shōgi (羽生名人のおもしろ将棋) is a Shogi (将棋) video game, developed by Access and published by Tomy Corporation. It was exclusively released in Japan for the Super Famicom in 1995. This game is endorsed and supervised by Yoshiharu Habu.
Chu shogi (中将棋 chū shōgi or Middle Shogi) is a strategy board game native to Japan. It is similar to modern shogi (sometimes called Japanese chess) in its rules and gameplay. Its name means "mid-sized shogi", from a time when there were three sizes of shogi variants that were regularly being played.
Shogi, sometimes called Japanese chess, is a strategy board game played primarily in Japan. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 ...
Space Shogi 3D gamespace. Space shogi is a three-dimensional shogi variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. [1] [2] The gamespace comprises nine 9×9 shogi boards stacked vertically. Each player controls a standard set of shogi pieces. Space shogi was included in World Game Review No. 10 edited by Michael Keller. [3]
Dai shogi (大将棋, large chess) or Kamakura dai shogi (鎌倉大将棋) is a board game native to Japan. It derived from Heian era shogi, and is similar to standard shogi (sometimes called Japanese chess) in its rules and game play. Dai shogi is only one of several large board shogi variants.