Has anyone ever played Shogi, also known as Japanese Chess?
https://www.mastersofgames.com/rules/shogi-rules.htm
Shogi also has pawns, knights, bishops and kings (which move similar to standard chess), as well as pawn promotion, with the objective being to checkmate, not actually capture, the king.
The fundamental difference is that when pieces are captured they can be re-entered onto the board playing for the opposing side, much like in team chess (if you've never played team chess, try it with friends, it's pretty fun).
There are pieces in Shogi not found in Chess and there is different strategy. Shogi is much more popular in Japan than chess, based on what I've read. haven't played Shogi yet but I plan to.
@vivify saidI've played Shogi a few times, it's pretty interesting and at least as complex as chess. The tough part for me was deciphering the Japanese characters on the pieces.
Has anyone ever played Shogi, also known as Japanese Chess?
https://www.mastersofgames.com/rules/shogi-rules.htm
Shogi also has pawns, knights, bishops and kings (which move similar to standard chess), as well as pawn promotion, with the objective being to checkmate, not actually capture, the king.
The fundamental difference is that when pieces are captured they can b ...[text shortened]... more popular in Japan than chess, based on what I've read. haven't played Shogi yet but I plan to.
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Never played shogi. I know the rules - more or less - but don't have access to a set and no-one to play against.
I've played a couple of games of Xiangqi - Chinese Chess, definitely not to be confused with Chinese Checkers, which is neither of the two but a cheap knock-off of Halma - and found it not as interesting as real chess. It's more... woolly, somehow. More tentative. There are neither many sharp tactics - there are a few, but not nearly as deep as in chess - nor any grand strategy. It's all just a lot of muddly manoeuvring.
I also once played two games of go, and downright trounced my opponent. The only reason for that is that I'd never played before but had been interested in the game and looked into the broad ideas behind its play, and my opponent had never played before and full stop right there. Had I played against even the most low-level amateur actual player of the game, I'd have lost as decisively as I won now. I'd like to try again, though. Go is more interesting than any chess variant except chess itself, I think.