Forget the one on the left. It hasn’t been played by any significant number of people for literal centuries. Today’s shōgi is 9x9 and has 8 district pieces which isn’t much more than western chess with 8x8 and 6 distinct pieces
Okay but have you considered that dai shogi has a drunk elephant piece which promotes to prince which, naturally, becomes a new king should your current one be captured?
(I’ve only actually played standard modern shogi, but reading about these bonkers historical variants is a lot of fun.)
True, the world building is great. They don’t make this kind of games anymore. Imagine a modern protagonist with this background story:
“I was an elephant but so drunk, I traveled to the end of the world. There I kissed a peasant girl and turned into a prince so when I went back, I was the king.”
Forget the one on the left. It hasn’t been played by any significant number of people for literal centuries. Today’s shōgi is 9x9 and has 8 district pieces which isn’t much more than western chess with 8x8 and 6 distinct pieces
Okay but have you considered that dai shogi has a drunk elephant piece which promotes to prince which, naturally, becomes a new king should your current one be captured?
(I’ve only actually played standard modern shogi, but reading about these bonkers historical variants is a lot of fun.)
The Japanese are resolutely crazy
True, the world building is great. They don’t make this kind of games anymore. Imagine a modern protagonist with this background story:
“I was an elephant but so drunk, I traveled to the end of the world. There I kissed a peasant girl and turned into a prince so when I went back, I was the king.”