Kevin Pacey // Well, I guess my explanation was insufficient.
Every piece of your opponent you capture becomes your 'hand piece'. On your turn, you may place one of your hand pieces on an empty square of the board. (This is called 'drop'.)
However, in order to drop, you must not move any piece during your turn, and after dropping, you must pass the turn to your opponent.
And your hand piece Pawn cannot drop into the last (9th) rank, nor can it drop on a file that already has your Pawn. (It is possible to deliver a check or checkmate to an opponent by dropping a pawn.)
That said, the hand piece works the same as Shogi's mochigoma, except that the Pawn can make a checkmate with a drop.
Kevin Pacey // Well, I guess my explanation was insufficient.
Every piece of your opponent you capture becomes your 'hand piece'. On your turn, you may place one of your hand pieces on an empty square of the board. (This is called 'drop'.)
However, in order to drop, you must not move any piece during your turn, and after dropping, you must pass the turn to your opponent.
And your hand piece Pawn cannot drop into the last (9th) rank, nor can it drop on a file that already has your Pawn. (It is possible to deliver a check or checkmate to an opponent by dropping a pawn.)
That said, the hand piece works the same as Shogi's mochigoma, except that the Pawn can make a checkmate with a drop.