Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. Shogi means general's.
The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the 6th century, and spread from China to Japan, where it spawned a number of variants. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, while a direct ancestor without the "drop rule" was recorded from 1210 in a historical document Nichureki, which is an edited copy of Shochureki and Kaichureki from the late Heian period (ca 1120).
According to ChessVariants.com, "Perhaps the enduring popularity of Shogi can be attributed to its 'drop rule'; it was the first chess variant wherein captured pieces could be returned to the board to be used as one's own. David Pritchard credits the drop rule to the practice of 16th century mercenaries who switched loyalties when captured - no doubt as an alternative to execution."
Family Shougi 2 is a shogi game that features different game modes, againts another human player or against a computer opponent.
Manufacturer's description:
Shogi software equipped with a powerful thought engine similar to staged people. It is possible not only CPU battle but also battle with 2P. You can set the first / second choice, the slate / half-piece selection, the king hand notification, etc., and it is packed with useful functions. It is also possible to save the score, play the score, and send and return one by one.
It is Shogi software with a track record of 40,000 hits in the PC version. The move is not "traditional" one-handed shogi, but from the early stage to the mid-late stage of reading by people based on novel thinking patterns, it refers to "strong and interesting" shogi.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Shogi theme.
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