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Kyoto Shogi

(Public Domain)
1976
Kyoto Shogi
0
BGG Overall Ranking
2 players
Best: 2
3.0 / 5
Complexity
0 min
Playing Time

About Kyoto Shogi

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 ...Read More

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Reviews

5
Thrift Thopter

I don't actually own a professionally published version of this, but printed out a paper set and rules from the internet. Some day I'll get a manufactured one or carve a wooden one.

6
russ

Amusing odd small (5x5, 5 pieces per player) Shogi variant which does NOT use the standard pieces rules (so I wouldn't recommend it for learning or practicing standard Shogi - try Mini Shogi, Judkins Shogi, Goro-Goro Shogi, or Simple Shogi for that).

The pieces have nonstandard promotion values, and every time you move a piece, you flip it over! Fun weird change of pace.

6
byturn

2015/10 Osaka travel souvenir.

7
The Player of Games

5x5 Shogi variant from 1976.

Unconventional pieces: Tokin/Lance, Silver/Bishop, King, Gold/Knight, Pawn/Rook. A piece promote/demote every time it is moved. Drops is unrestricted (either side up, drop of e.g. pawn to end row or for checkmate.

Refreshingly different. Reminds of [thing=37058] [/thing].

TSA/George Hodges version.