swap_horiz Micro Shogi Alternatives

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Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess)

Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, presents a modern variation of chess where the initial board arrangement i...

Modern Competitive Randomized Setup Variant

9.8 Brilliant

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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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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, or large shogi, is a historical Japanese chess variant played by two people on a 15 by 15 board. Each side be...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Large Board

7.3 Good

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Gardner's Minichess

Gardner's Minichess is a chess variant played on a 5×5 board, introduced by mathematics and science writer Martin Gardne...

Modern Mini Small Board 5x5

7.2 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 compact Japanese chess variant played on a 5 by 5 board with a reduced set of pieces. Except for the ki...

Modern Japanese 5x5 Shogi Family

7.1 Good

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Wa Shogi

Wa Shogi is a large-board Japanese shogi variant played on an 11 by 11 board. Its pieces are named primarily after anima...

Japanese Historical Promotion Shogi Family

6.9 Fair

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Sho Shogi

Sho Shogi is a historical Japanese board game from the Muromachi period (1336–1573) played on a 9×9 grid. It is recogniz...

Japanese Historical Early Shogi Family

6.8 Fair

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Apocalypse Chess

A chess variant played on a compact 5×5 board with reduced armies and simultaneous move selection, designed for quick ta...

Modern Variant Mini Small Board

6.8 Fair

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Heian Shogi

Heian shogi is a historical form of Japanese shogi associated with the Heian period, from 794 to 1185. The surviving ear...

Japanese Historical Early 8x8

6.4 Fair

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Yari Shogi

Yari Shogi is a Japanese shogi variant in which pieces move and capture only along straight orthogonal lines. Diagonal m...

Japanese Variant Historical Shogi Family

6.1 Fair

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Maka Dai Dai Shogi

Maka Dai Dai Shogi is a large historical Japanese board-game variant in the shogi family. It is traditionally played on...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Very Large

5.5 Mediocre

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Tai Shogi

Tai Shogi is a historical Japanese chess variant played on a 25 by 25 board with 354 pieces in total, or 177 for each si...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Very Large

4.5 Poor

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Taikyoku Shogi

Taikyoku shogi is a large Japanese shogi variant known from a historical catalogue of its pieces and modern reconstructi...

Japanese Historical Largest Shogi Family

3.8 Poor