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Shogi: Samurai Chess™ v.2.0 - Purchase the activation key from Kagi Store today!
The key purchase is only $2.50 (US). Purchase today, and the key works as a free upgrade key for dot releases of Shogi: Samurai Chess 2. That means version 2.1, when it is released, is a free upgrade!
Shogi is a version of Chess, or Chess is a version of Shogi. They both come from the same game invented many
centuries ago. Shogi is different from Chess in several ways, but the biggest is that pieces that are captured are used by the player who
captured them. So "end game" is very different from Chess.
Shogi also has a 9 x 9 playing board instead of an 8 x 8 board like Chess. The pieces in Shogi are King, Knight, Pawn, Bishop, Rook, Gold General, Silver General and Lance. One challenge for new players of Shogi, is that traditionally the pieces have Kanji on them. This software uses either kanji OR pictures which make more sense to English speakers. I have also made some levels of the game play easier for players, so that even young children can find a level they can win against. Shogi: Samurai Chess™ works well as a tutorial for new players of Shogi. |
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Shogi: Samurai Chess v2 - Mac OS X, Linux, Windows Shogi is a Japanese version of chess. If you enjoy chess you'll love Shogi. I have included a traditional kanji style token view as well as beautiful icon style views including "Davis Style" tokens and "Western Style" tokens. Buy from Kagi today! Install Java if you do not have Java installed and then double click the samurai_chess_v2.jar file to start the game, or type 'java -jar samurai_chess_v2.jar' at the command line. Mac OS X users, click the application icon, to start the game. |
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