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.”
That. Is. Huge
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.”