Talk:Space shogi

Objection

This variant seems to have a problem in that although the board is now nine times larger, there aren't nine times as many pieces. Did the inventor consider adding all those pieces from huge shogi variants like tai shogi? (After all, this has more spaces than tai shogi.) Double sharp (talk) 16:12, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Don't know. The inventor did what he wanted, but it's an interesting Q. (I'll ask him!) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 09:24, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Another issue that can be raised: the way to generalise the game to a three-dimensional board is rather vague. The movement of the pieces, in particular, would need a further description. And what is the promotion zone? The pictures suggest a piece can promote at any height (because of the hoshi); that may be interesting for pawns (very weak, with a straightforward generalisation of their move, but which can be dropped anywhere but on the last rank or on the same file and height than another (unpromoted) pawn). As for the other pieces, the rook and the bishop can very easily promote.

UseresuUK (talk) 08:36, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

I agree the details are thin. Thanks for the specific suggestions. I'll see what can be done to clarify. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 10:17, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm late for the party here, but have any of you found any clarification for the movement of pieces since 2013? Because it's been nearly 4 years and the article still seems very vague... Skewb? (talk) 21:34, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

I'd have followed up, but not feeling so good re how WP admin treats its editors. So nothing from me until sanction is removed voluntarily by an admin who cares enough. So proabably never. Thx for understanding, & good luck. --IHTS (talk) 01:42, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Can you please elaborate? I'm afraid I don't fully understand. Skewb? (talk) 14:13, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Off-topic for this Talk. (See my user Talk.) --IHTS (talk) 15:03, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Well, it seems the rules vaguely described here are incorrect, based on Michael Keller’s World Game Review. The designer has published a clarification on his blog last year, where he states the actual rules. In particular, the board size 3x9x3, rather than 9x9x9. UseresuUK (talk) 21:26, 30 May 2024 (UTC)