Bushi shogi

Bushi shogi (Japanese: "Samurai chess") is a small shogi variant designed by George Dunkel. The game was published in 2000 and is played by two players on a board of 1x2 squares with two figures in the form of cubes. It was placed in the category of abstract strategy dice.

Rules

At the beginning of the game the board must be clear so that the first player (Black) can drop his samurai on the black square on a side according to his own preference. But pointing the sword to your opponent at your first drop counts as an illegal move. After both players have dropped their samurai the game continues.

Figures

On every side of the two black and white samurais are two kanji (Japanese symbol), the samurai and his sword.

Movement

A player can move his own samurai by turning and twisting the cube in the following fashion:

• turning the cube by 90°
• rolling the cube to the front
• rolling it up from the left
• rolling it up from the right

If a player's sword is pointed at the opponent, it is "check". If this check occurs when the opponent's sword was not already pointed at the player, the opponent's only legal move is to rotate their cube. If the opponent's sword was pointed at the player, the opponent must instead roll in whichever direction their samurai is facing. If check occurs when both samurais and both swords are facing each other, then the checking player wins.

See also

• Shogi variant
• Nana shogi
• Gufuu shogi

Sources

• http://www.kolumbus.fi/geodun/bushi/bushi.htm
• http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15874/bushi-shogi

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