philosophy shogi checkers

• Title — Philosophy shogi checkers • Italic Title — no • Years — around 1890 • Genre — Board game • Players — 2 • Ages — 5+ • Setup Time — < 60 seconds • Random Chance — None • Skills — Tactics, Strategy

Rules of the game are almost similar to English draughts. Differences from English draughts are explained here. • Board - Size of the board is 9x9 with alternative dark and light squares, corner squares having dark colors. Pieces move in dark squares only. • Pieces - Each player has 14 pieces; one of them is king. • Starting position - At the starting position the pieces are placed at the dark squares of the first 3 rows closest to the players. King is placed at the center of the row closest to the player. • How to move - Move and jump are similar to English draughts. Move and jump of the king are similar to king (crowned piece) of English draughts. • Princes - If a player's piece moves into the first row on the opposing side of the board, the piece promotes to a "prince ". Move and jump of prince are similar to king. To distinguish it from king at the starting position, it is called prince. • How the game ends - A player wins by capturing opponent's king.