Years active around 1890 Players 2 Setup time < 60 seconds | Genre(s) Board game Age range 5+ Random chance None | |
Philosophy shogi checkers (哲学飛将碁) is a board game similar to English draughts, invented by Inoue Enryō, Japanese philosopher, and described by his student in 1890. It has same board size with shogi and game ends with capturing opponents king, similar to shogi and Western chess.
Game play
Rules of the game are almost similar to English draughts. Differences from English draughts are explained here.
References
Philosophy shogi checkers Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA