Board Game

Kyoto Shogi

Released 1976 / 2-2 players / 0-0 min / Ages 0+

Designer: Tamiya Katsuya

Publisher: (Public Domain), Nekomado, The Shogi Association

Kyoto Shogi cover art

Description

Kyoto Shogi is a Shogi variant played with specialized pieces on a 5x5 board. Its most unusual feature is that every move ends by "promoting" (flipping) the piece moved.

The pieces in Kyoto Shogi are non-standard pairings of standard Shogi units:

Tokin / Lance
Silver General / Bishop
King
Gold General / Knight
Pawn / Rook


Rules for dropping are the same as in the closely related game, Microshogi.

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