禽将棋 Tori-Shogi
Tori Shogi is a small Shogi variant created in the late 1700s. It has a bird theme, tori means bird, in which all the pieces are named after birds.
鵬 - Pheonix, or a magical Chinese bird, Peng, that can transform into a large fish.
鷹 - Hawk, or Falcon.
鵰 - A rare kanji in Japanese, in Chinese it means Eagle or Vulture
鶴 - Crane
雉 - Pheasant
鶉 - Quail (the left and right pieces have mirrored moves)
燕 - Swallow
鴈 - Wild Goose
- Many of the pieces have unique interesting moves.
- The close proximity and small 7x7 board give a quick violent start to the game.
- One of the only old Shogi variants to have the drop rule.
A commissioned board and pieces by me. Its a 1.6sun tabletop board with pads on the bottom. Made from "shin-kaya" otherwise known as fake kaya. Pretty much any wood that kinda looks like kaya wood. Very pretty grain and a good heft to it.
Rule booklet