Hexagonal Kyoto Shogi

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Based on one play: Move a tile based on the indicated movement and then flip it over which changes its movement. You need to remember which tiles flip to what in order to figure out the strategy since you have a lot of options, as does your opponent, so it is tougher to pin down the king, which is your goal.

January 2016: Drop from 8 to 7. It's starting to get a bit samey. And I'm just not a big fan of chess. Main strategies:

• Take advantage of your king; it's quite powerful in this game
• Avoid getting captured; it's easy to checkmate your opponent provided that you have about two pieces in hand and several of your pieces close to your opponent's king.

August 2008: I particularly like small chess variants since they are less taxing on the brain and much, much shorter.

Every piece (except the king) promotes (or demotes) each time it moves. In addition, the weakest pieces promote to the strongest. So, when you move your pawn, it becomes a rook, but once you move your rook, it turns back into a pawn. Consequently, you're obliged to think several moves in advance. However, because there are so few pieces on the board, this is slightly easier than it appears.