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Dai-Ryu Shogi. Large Shogi variant with new pieces. (9x16, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Jared McComb wrote on Sat, Jan 10, 2009 02:40 AM UTC:
All dragons move exactly as they did in the third zone before promotion. Promotion to a dragon effectively allows third-zone moves to be made outside of said zone.

John Smith wrote on Sat, Jan 10, 2009 12:33 AM UTC:Poor ★
How do the Dragons move?

Anonymous wrote on Sun, Jan 2, 2005 12:51 AM UTC:
Will you add a ZRF for this game? If so, when?

💡📝Jared McComb wrote on Tue, Nov 2, 2004 02:15 PM UTC:
I had actually thought about that, but eventually decided against it. As it is, the Knights/L.D.s are still the only leaping piece, and besides, I think I've already added enough power to the original Ryu setup with the Platinum Generals/Dragons.

Charles Gilman wrote on Tue, Nov 2, 2004 08:15 AM UTC:
On reflection I may have been looking at it wrongly. Perhaps the real inconsistency is promotion to a piece that is so much weaker than the Dragon pieces of the original Ryu Shogi. Gaining the whole Knight move in the second zone and the King's move as well on the third, and having the crowned piece as promotee, would be consistent with the rules for Bishop and Rook.

💡📝Jared McComb wrote on Sat, Oct 30, 2004 09:08 PM UTC:
The assumption by the unnamed individual is correct.  Also, a link to Ryu
Shogi where it is referenced in the rules would be a very good idea.

Also, I will not be renaming any pieces in this variant.  See, I had this
thing called a THEME going.

Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Oct 30, 2004 07:02 AM UTC:
A hyperlink to Ryu Shogi itself would be useful, to allow viewing of the
rules of zones, promotion, demotion, and drops (I assume that demotion
applies as well).
	I am certainly warming to the Gold and Silver dragons, and will mention
them when I get round to an article on more complex asymmetric radial
pieces, along with a sample of 3d extrapolations.
	The idea of pieces which are rotations of each other -
Centre/Left/Right/Reverse Warrior - is interesting. I am considered the
idea of rotated generals, replacing that suffix with coward (completely
reversed), dexter, sinister, and in 3d chief and base as well.
	Am I right in thinking that the Leaping Dragon moves as a Knight in the
usual sense? If so it would be less confusing to use the name Knight for
that and some other name for the piece that gets promoted to it. I do not
know of any previous variant with both pieces, although I have been
planning to add some as 12-rank versions when I next update Mitregi.

Anonymous wrote on Sat, Oct 30, 2004 04:06 AM UTC:
I am assuming that the propmotion is similiar to Ryu Shogi--the promoted form has the same move as the piece has in the third zone, but doen't lose the third zone move if it returns to the first or second zone.

Tim Stiles wrote on Fri, Oct 29, 2004 12:01 PM UTC:
None of the promoted pieces have their moves described. Unless I'm hopelessly blind, which I find I am a lot, but I doubt I could miss something in a page of text after looking through it a few times.

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