Tori Shogi ('Bird Shogi') is a variant of Japanese Chess on a smaller board, whith mostly different pieces It was invented by Toyota Genryu in 1799.

Only the Pawns and King move as in regular Shogi, even though they are called differently here. Apart from the Pawns only one other piece can promote, and the Pawn promotes to a quite weak piece. This prevents the possibility of an impasse when both royals enter their promotion zone. Otherwise the rules are identical to modern Shogi, except that there can be two Pawns in each file.

A skin with pictograms is available for players not familiar with the traditional japanese version.

Board

The board is a 7x7

Pieces

for each team:

• 1 Phoenix
• 1 Falcon
• 2 Cranes
• 2 Pheasants
• 2 Quails (a left and a right)
• 8 Swallows

Pieces actions and properties

Pheasant: moves and captures to adjacent squares in any orthogonal or the forward diagonal direction.

Phoenix : as the King in chess.