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Seireigi
Period
Modern
Category
Board, War, Replacement, Checkmate, Shogi
Description
Seireigi (精霊棋 seireigi, spirit's game) is a variant of Shogi with has promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions.
Rules
All rules are the same as in standard Shogi, except as follows.
● Lances promote to Free Tiger, which slides sideways, steps vertically, or jumps to any sqAll rules are the same as in standard Shogi, except as follows.
● The board may be either a traditional uncheckered Shogi board, or a checkered board with a dark square at each player's left-hand side.
● Lances promote to Free Tiger, which slides sideways, steps one square vertically, or jumps to any square that is two squares to either side in an adjacent rank (row).
● Knights promote to Heavenly Horse, which steps one square in any diagonal or forward direction, jumps to the second square in any forward direction, or jumps to either square that is two squares behind in an adjacent file (column).
● Silver Generals promote to Running Wolf, which steps one square sideways or diagonally forward, or slides vertically.
● Gold Generals promote to Great Elephant, which steps one square diagonally backward or orthogonally sideways or forward, or slides diagonally forward.uare that is two squares to either side in an adjacent rank (row).
● Knights promote to Heavenly Horse, which moves one square in any sideways or forward direction, or jumps to either square that is two squares behind in an adjacent file (column).
● Silver Generals promote to Venomous Wolf, which moves one square orthogonally or forward, or slides straight forward.
● Gold Generals promote to Great Elephant, which moves one square in any direction except straight backward, or slides diagonally forward.
● Perpetual check is allowed.
Author
A. M. DeWitt
Creation date
2023
Ludeme Description
Seireigi.lud
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Reference
Seireigi
Identifiers
DLP.Games.1638
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