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Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝A. M. DeWitt wrote on Fri, Jan 18, 2019 01:47 AM UTC:

Note to editors: The site name for this page is incorrect. It should be https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/futashikana-shogi instead of https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/dacimal-chess. As this page hasn't been approved yet, the change can be made without any trouble.

Greg Strong wrote on Fri, Jan 18, 2019 03:01 AM UTC:

Updated and posted.

Ilya Novikov wrote on Sat, May 25, 2019 09:55 PM UTC:

Greetings, Mr. DeWitt!
I wonder will version of this game with queens replaced by lions from Chu Shogi be playable enough?
Also pity there is no mnemonic set of pieces for Futashikana Shogi.
Sorry for my poor English.
Best regards,
Ilya V. Novikov.

Aurelian Florea wrote on Sun, May 26, 2019 09:06 AM UTC:

There is a conglict between the board reprezentation in the picture and the boaard reprezentation in the description of the opening position. For example it is written that the side mover and vertical mover are on the third rank on d3 and h3 but they are actually on 8c and 4 c.

The main rule of game articles on this website is that rules need not cause confusion. This is important!

Aurelian Florea wrote on Sun, May 26, 2019 09:11 AM UTC:

Also you had mentioned in the description of the phoenix that the knight cannot be blocked by other pieces. I think you mean the phoenix. Same with kirin!

Aurelian Florea wrote on Sun, May 26, 2019 09:29 AM UTC:

@Ilya Novikov

The queen is already a strong piece to be droped anywhere on the board, but it still has the disadvantage of not being anything special in close combat so it does not have that much king capturing potential when the king is still well defended by friendly pieces.

The lyon on the other is a monster on close fights. It sniper oppopens who cannot defend themseles (like silvers from lateral positions) and can also kill 2 which can come in quite handy in tsume situations.

In chu shogi the lyon has plenty of midgame oponent as the DK and DH are not vulnerable to it.

Also the castle is strong from the start by also having blind tigers and frankly just plenty of pieces around it. But a droped lyon seems to me still an unstopable force. Assuming regular king move of course.

That being said I'm contemplating twice moving silvers or twice moving golds as an promotion option in a future variant.

💡📝A. M. DeWitt wrote on Sat, May 25, 2019 09:55 PM UTC:

@Ilya Novikov I recently uploaded some Mnemonic and Pixilart Shogi pieces. Also, I removed the rule against perpetual check in both Futashikana Shogi and Shosu Shogi, so it might be a good idea to update the Zillions of Games pages about these games.

Edit: I also restored the original moves for the Side Soldier and Vertical Soldier and renamed a few pieces.