Shogi (1587)
Playtime: 60
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: (Public Domain), SYU Creation, Logy Games, Eyeup, Pàcly, L. P. Septímio, Philos, F.X. Schmid, Invicta Games, Origineering Enterprises Ltd, L'Impensé Radical, pieco design, (Self-Published), Nintendo Co., Ltd., XVIe, Yellow Mountain Imports, Nekomado, Japon Brand, Hanayama, ilexberry B.V., U3, The Games Gang, LTD, Ancient Chess, The Elephant Chess Club, Kumon, Volume-One Products, Gentosha Education, LPSA, nestorgames, Marigó, Global Partner, Aztral Games, The Shogi Association, (Unknown), Shogi.cz, Ishi Press International
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Néstor Romeral Andrés, Mitsuo Yamamoto, Madoka Kitao, Hermann Friedl, Masahiro Nakajima, Maiko Fujita, Tomoko de Haas Kita
Mechanics: Grid Movement, Square Grid, Pattern Movement
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: (Public Domain), SYU Creation, Logy Games, Eyeup, Pàcly, L. P. Septímio, Philos, F.X. Schmid, Invicta Games, Origineering Enterprises Ltd, L'Impensé Radical, pieco design, (Self-Published), Nintendo Co., Ltd., XVIe, Yellow Mountain Imports, Nekomado, Japon Brand, Hanayama, ilexberry B.V., U3, The Games Gang, LTD, Ancient Chess, The Elephant Chess Club, Kumon, Volume-One Products, Gentosha Education, LPSA, nestorgames, Marigó, Global Partner, Aztral Games, The Shogi Association, (Unknown), Shogi.cz, Ishi Press International
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Néstor Romeral Andrés, Mitsuo Yamamoto, Madoka Kitao, Hermann Friedl, Masahiro Nakajima, Maiko Fujita, Tomoko de Haas Kita
Mechanics: Grid Movement, Square Grid, Pattern Movement
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Of Japanese origins, Shogi 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. However, the endgame is typically more rapid with many possibilities for attack and ways to achieve a checkmate, which also makes draws/ties very rare.
According to "A World of Chess" by Jean-Louis Cazaux & Rick Knowlton (2017, ISBN 978-0-7864-9427-9), Bishop, Rook and Drunk Elephant were introduced to the 9x9 Shogi creating Sho Shogi, the immediate predecessor of Shogi, in the middle of the 15th century. Modern Shogi where created with the introduction of the drop rule and the removal of the Drunk Elephant piece in Sho Shogi. This happened between 1567 and 1587 (earliest recording of modern Shogi). The latter date is based upon a picture in the diary of the samurai Matsudaira Ietada, dated 1587, which shows a game identical to the one of today.
According to "A World of Chess" by Jean-Louis Cazaux & Rick Knowlton (2017, ISBN 978-0-7864-9427-9), Bishop, Rook and Drunk Elephant were introduced to the 9x9 Shogi creating Sho Shogi, the immediate predecessor of Shogi, in the middle of the 15th century. Modern Shogi where created with the introduction of the drop rule and the removal of the Drunk Elephant piece in Sho Shogi. This happened between 1567 and 1587 (earliest recording of modern Shogi). The latter date is based upon a picture in the diary of the samurai Matsudaira Ietada, dated 1587, which shows a game identical to the one of today.
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The game was also published under these names:
かおのある将棋: Expressive Shogi ,
Japansk schack ,
Dōbutsu Shōgi in the Greenwood ,
Shogi Perfecto Iki ,
わんにゃん将棋 ,
Shogito ,
Pocket Magnetic Shogi Set ,
Basic Shogi Set ,
Western Shogi Set ,
Let's Catch the Lion! 9×9 ,
Design Shogi ,
Universal Shogi ,
Study Shogi ,
Mikado ,
Shogi Perfecto ,
Shogi ,
Сёги ,
Shogi Perfecto Zen ,
Samurai ,
Dobutsu Shogi in the Greenwood ,
Shogi: Japanese chess game ,
おおきな森のどうぶつしょうぎ: Dobutsu Shogi in the Greenwood ,
将棋 ,
將棋
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