Hasami Shogi
Hasami Shogi Rulebook
Table of Contents
Equipment
A 9x9 grid and two sets of 9 counters in different colors (black and white).
Object
Capture either 5 or 8 of your opponent's pieces, agreed upon by the players prior to the game start.
Setup
Place your nine pieces on the back row of the board facing you. Your opponent does the same.
Play
Players take alternating turns making a single move, starting with black. A player must make a move on their turn, no exceptions.
To make a move, a player takes any one of their pieces and moves it any number of empty squares forward, backward, left, or right. If an opponent's piece is directly between the piece you moved and another of your pieces after your move, that opponent's piece is captured. Any number of your opponent's pieces may be captured between your pieces in a straight line orthogonally (up, down, left, right).
Moving between two opposing pieces does not cause your piece to be captured.
Opposing pieces in corners may be captured if they are surrounded on their two open sides by your pieces.
Winning
Capture either 5 or 8 of your opponent's pieces to win the game.
Variants
Allowing diagonal captures is a possibility, as is creating a condition where a winner is decided as soon as there is a three-piece difference on the board. Reversing the win condition, Misere rules state that the first player with only one piece left wins.