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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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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)

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Historical Regional Thai Slow

9.2 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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Mini Shogi

Mini Shogi is a modern variant of traditional Japanese chess, invented by Shigenobu Kusumoto in 1971. It is played on a...

Modern Japanese Small Board 5x5

8.1 Great

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Judkins Shogi

Judkins Shogi is a compact Japanese board game variant invented by Paul Judkins in 1998. Played on a grid of 5 columns b...

Modern Japanese 6x6 Small Board

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 Shogi

Dai Shogi is an ancient Japanese variant played on a massive 15x15 grid with 65 pieces per player, serving as the histor...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Large Board

7.3 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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Kyoto Shogi

Kyoto Shogi is a fast-paced 5x5 Japanese variant invented in 1999 where each piece flips over to a different piece type...

Modern Japanese 5x5 Shogi Family

7.1 Good

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Wa Shogi

Wa Shogi, meaning Ring Chess, is a traditional Japanese variant played on an 11x11 board where pieces are uniquely named...

Japanese Historical Promotion Shogi Family

6.9 Fair

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Micro Shogi

Micro Shogi is a compact shogi variant played on a 5×5 board, designed to preserve the drop and promotion mechanics of s...

Modern Japanese Mini Shogi Family

6.6 Fair

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Heian Shogi

Heian Shogi is an early form of shogi played in Japan during the Heian period (794–1185 CE), considered a direct predece...

Japanese Historical Early 8x8

6.4 Fair

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Yari Shogi

Yari Shogi is a shogi variant in which all pieces move and capture only along straight orthogonal lines, eliminating dia...

Japanese Variant Historical Shogi Family

6.1 Fair

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Maka Dai Dai Shogi

Maka Dai Dai Shogi is an exceptionally large historical Japanese variant played on a 19x19 grid with 96 pieces per side,...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Very Large

5.5 Mediocre

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Tai Shogi

Tai Shogi is a massive historical Japanese variant played on a 25x25 grid with 354 pieces, making it one of the largest...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Very Large

4.5 Poor

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Taikyoku Shogi

Taikyoku shogi is an early 15th-century Japanese variant of shogi played on a massive 36x36 grid with 404 pieces, making...

Japanese Historical Largest Shogi Family

3.8 Poor