Tori Shogi ('Bird Shogi') is a variant of Japanese Chess on a smaller board.

To win you have to checkmate the Phoenix of your opponent.

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

Phoenix : as the King in shogi.

Swallow : as the Pawn in shogi.

Crane : as the ferocious leopard in chu shogi.

Falcon : as drunk elephant in chu shogi.

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

Wild Goose: The goose can jump to the second square directly backward or diagonally forward.

Quail: The quail can move one square diagonally either left (left quail) or right (right quail) and any number of free squares directly forward or diagonally backward.

Montain Eagle: The eagle can move any number of free squares diagonally forward or directly backward; or, it can move one or two squares diagonally backward; or, it can step one square directly forward or sideways.