swap_horiz Hiashatar Alternatives

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Shogi

Shogi is a traditional Japanese strategy game resembling chess. It’s notable for its ‘drop’ rule: captured pieces can be...

Traditional Japanese Promotion Regional

9.7 Brilliant

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Xiangqi

Xiangqi is a traditional board game originating in China. It utilizes a 9x10 grid with a prominent river dividing the pl...

Traditional Regional Chinese River Boundary

9.5 Brilliant

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Co Tuong

Cờ tướng is the Vietnamese form of xiangqi, the two-player board game commonly called Chinese chess in English. It is pl...

Historical East Asian Regional Vietnamese

9.4 Excellent

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Makruk (Thai Chess)

Gochugaru is a Korean seasoning made from dried red chili peppers, usually sold as coarse flakes or a finer powder. It i...

Historical Regional Thai Slow

9.2 Excellent

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Janggi

Janggi is a Korean chess variant distinguished by its larger 9x10 board and unique piece movements. It retains strategic...

Korean Traditional Palace Regional

9.1 Excellent

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Correspondence Chess

Correspondence chess offers a unique approach to playing chess. It’s a variant designed for remote play, typically utili...

Modern Historical Long Distance Slow

9.0 Excellent

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Chu Shogi

Chu Shogi is a traditional Japanese chess-variant developed during the 14th century. Played on a larger 12x12 board, it...

Japanese Historical 12x12 Shogi Family

8.8 Great

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Dobutsu Shogi

Dobutsu Shogi, also marketed as "Let's Catch the Lion," is a simplified variant of the traditional Japanese board game s...

Japanese Mini Regional Children

8.7 Great

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Chaturanga (2-player)

Chaturanga is an ancient Indian board game generally regarded by historians as an early predecessor of modern chess. The...

Classic Indian Historical Ancient

8.7 Great

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Makruk

Makruk, widely known as Thai chess, is a traditional strategy board game that closely resembles the ancient Indian game...

Classical Traditional Regional Thai

8.5 Great

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Cambodian Chess (Ouk)

Ouk, also called Ouk Chatrang or Cambodian Chess, is a Cambodian regional chess variant closely related to Thai Makruk....

Historical Regional Cambodian Southeast Asian

8.4 Great

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Sittuyin (Burmese Chess)

Sittuyin, also called Burmese chess, is a traditional chess variant from Myanmar. It is played on an eight-by-eight boar...

Historical Regional Southeast Asian Burmese

8.2 Great

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Banqi

Banqi is a two-player board game variant of Xiangqi (Chinese chess) popular in Taiwan. The game is played on a 4x8 grid,...

Regional Chinese Hidden Info 4x8

8.1 Great

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Cambodian Chess

Cambodian Chess, known as Ouk Chaktrang, is the traditional chess game of Cambodia, closely related to Thai Makruk and d...

Variant Historical Regional Asean

8.1 Great

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Shatranj

Shatranj is the historical Persian form of chess that introduced the game to the Islamic world and medieval Europe follo...

Classical Medieval Historical Arabic

7.8 Good

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Tenjiku Shogi

Tenjiku Shogi is a historical Japanese chess variant played on a large 16×16 board. Developed during the 16th century, i...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Large Board

7.8 Good

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Tori Shogi

Tori shogi, also called bird shogi, is a Japanese chess variant played on a 7 by 7 board. Its pieces bear bird names, in...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Bird Pieces

7.7 Good

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Dai Dai Shogi

Dai dai shogi is a historical Japanese board game belonging to the shogi family, which also includes standard shogi and...

Japanese Historical Large Regional

7.2 Good

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Shatar

Shatar is a traditional Mongolian chess game related to the shatranj family of historical chess. It uses a board and arm...

Traditional Regional Asian Mongolian

6.7 Fair

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Shakhmaty

Shakhmaty is the Russian word for international chess, reflecting a cultural tradition where the game was deeply institu...

Classical Russian 19TH Century Historical

5.3 Mediocre