background Ludii Portal
Home of the Ludii General Game System

   

Home Games Forum Downloads References Concepts Contribute Tutorials Tournaments World Map Ludemes About


 
Taikyoku Shogi DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Eastern Asia

Category Board, War, Replacement, Checkmate, Shogi

Description

Taikyoku Shogi is the largest known Shogi variant, with 804 total pieces on the board. It is first documented in Japan in the Shogi Zushiki, which is reportedly from the seventeenth century.

Rules

Taikyoku Shogi's rules are similar to that of Shogi, but are expanded, with many types of pieces with different movements. The full suite of movements are listed here: Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Origin

Japan

Ludeme Description

Taikyoku Shogi.lud

Concepts

Browse all concepts for Taikyoku Shogi here.

Evidence Map

1 pieces of evidence in total. Browse all evidence for Taikyoku Shogi here.

Click on any marker or highlighted region to view the evidence relating to it.
To view all regions, please select it from the category options below.

Evidence category:

Evidence coloured based on:

Map style:



Sources

Fairbairn, J. 1981. Shogi history...and the variants. Shogi 27: 9–13.

Similar Games

Tai Shogi

Tenjiku Shogi

Breakthrough Chess

Yonin Shogi

Safe Passage

Grande Acedrex

Skirmish (GDL)

Main Chator

Chess Puzzle

Shatera

Identifiers

DLP.Games.449

BGG.91365


     Contact Us
     ludii.games@gmail.com
     cameron.browne@maastrichtuniversity.nl

lkjh Maastricht University Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS), Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1, 6229 EN Maastricht, Netherlands Funded by a €2m ERC Consolidator Grant (#771292) from the European Research Council