Tori-Shogi (Japanese Chess Variant, sometimes translated as 'Bird Shogi') is one of the more recent members of a family of chess games developed in Japan, as it was invented by Ohashi Soei in the late 18th century. It is played on a 7x7 board by 2 players who start the game with 16 flat 5-sided pieces each, marked with Japanese kanji characters, all of which represent different types of birds. When a player captures an opponents piece it becomes his own, and can be dropped back on the board later, so the number of pieces each player owns can decrease and increase during a typical game.
Tori-Shogi (Japanese Chess Variant)
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