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Space shogi is a three-dimensional shogi variant invented by
Space shogi is a three-dimensional shogi variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr.
George Robert "Bob" Dekle Sr. (born May 23, 1948) is an American lawyer who was an Assistant State Attorney in Florida's Third Judicial Circuit from 1975 through 2005. During this time, he served as lead prosecuting attorney in the 1980 Orlando ...
in 1987. The gamespace comprises nine 9×9 shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, ''chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōgi'' ...
boards
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* Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat
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stacked vertically. Each player controls a standard set of shogi pieces.
Space shogi was included in ''World Game Review'' No. 10 edited by Michael Keller.
Game rules
Space shogi follows standard shogi conventions, including the same types and numbers of pieces, and a similar initial setup. All the normal shogi rules apply, including drops, promotion, check, checkmate, and impasse. But pieces have the freedom of three-dimensional movement.Starting setup
Black starts the game occupying levels 1 through 3; White starts on levels 9 through 7.See also
* Three-dimensional chess * Also by George Dekle: ** Hexshogi – a variant with hexagonal cells ** Trishogi – a variant with triangular cells ** Masonic shogi – a variant with standard cells but staggered ranksReferences
Bibliography * * {{Shogi variants Board games introduced in 1987 Abstract strategy games Shogi variants