Tai Shogi (泰将棋 tai shōgi or 無上泰将棋 mujō tai shōgi "grand chess", renamed from 無上大将棋 mujō dai shōgi "supreme chess" to avoid confusion with 大将棋 dai shōgi) is a large-board variant of Shogi (Japanese chess). The game dates to the 15th century and is based on earlier large board shogi games. Before the discovery of Taikyoku Shogi in 1997, Tai Shogi was...
Wa shogi (peaceful chess) is a large board variant of shogi (Japanese chess) in which all of the pieces are named for animals. Other than the initial board setup and moves of the pieces, little definite is known about the game. It is assumed that in most respects the rules were identical to Shogi, but it is unclear whether or not the game was played with...
Kō shōgi is a large-board variant of shogi, or Japanese chess. The game dates back to the turn of the 18th century and is based on xiangqi and go as well as shogi. Credit for its invention has been given to Confucian scholar Ogyū Sorai. Unlike standard shogi, pieces may not be dropped back into play after being captured. Promotion rules are complex, and...
A small shogi variant on a 4x6 grid. Each player has exactly one of each type of piece from standard shogi (one pawn, one knight, one lance, one silver, one gold, one bishop, one rook, one king), conveniently for beginners learning the moves of shogi pieces. Pieces that reach the back two ranks of the board promote as in shogi, and captured pieces can be...
This is a web-published DIY 4 player version of shogi, a game also called Japanese chess.Each player sets up pieces as usual on the 4 back-rows of a shogi-ban (shogi board). In the center are 3 sets of a row of 9 spaces, one each to be shared between each possible pair of players. That shared row acts as a fifth row of a board shared by a given pair of...
Shoving Match is a quick game between two players. All you have to do is knock your opponent out of the ring. It starts out simply enough, but before you know it, the game turns into an incredible mental exercise as both players try to outmaneuver each other, remember each others' patterns, and keep their opponent guessing. This game was designed for the...
Show business is a pretty heavy economic game for 2 to 5 players aged 14+ with play time 45 min – 2 hours. You act as manager of music group playing one of 5 major music styles: rock, pop, black (african/afroamerican rooted, e.g. rap, soul, R&B), jazz, club (electronic dance music) and compete with other managers to gain fame and money for you and your...
Head Hunter is a set of four Head Hunter expansion cards for the base game Show Business. The cards should be shuffled into the original deck and played together. Head Hunter cards apply all original rules from the basic game. As a special skill Head Hunter can be played as one of 10 other professions like Groupie, DJ, Trend Expert etc. Simply, it is a...
Over last 9 years since premiere author of "Show Business" has been listening carefully to below complaints of the players: - The game is too long; - The rulebook is a nightmare; - There's no Player Aid; - For such heavy economic game the luck factor is unacceptable; - The prints on Trend dice wipe off. And here you go! "Tycoons" - the expansion to "Show...
Showboat. A világ 5 legjobb motorcsónak-versenyzője gyűlt össze, hogy összemérje tudását - és hogy felvágjon a rajongók előtt. A játékosok szurkolókként fogadhatnak a versenyek kimenetelére. Ám a versenyzők mindennél többre értékelik a rajongók imádatát, így minél többen szurkolnak nekik, annál kevésbé koncentrálnak a versenyre, és le is maradnak...
From the Publisher: "It's a Far Far Away adventure. Princess Fiona is being held in the evil Fairy Godmother's castle, and our heroes (SHREK, DONKEY and PUSS IN BOOTS) are headed to the rescue. Race through Far, Far Away battling Corrupt Cops, Royal Knights and Angry Villagers. But it's not all about combat. You get to burp, imitate Donkey and sing lines...