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Whale Shogi. Shogi variant. (6x6, Cells: 36) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡R. Schmittberger wrote on Mon, Sep 20, 2004 11:32 PM UTC:
It's been a long time since I've looked at this game, but I'm sure my
intention was to limit each player to at most two dolphins per file,
similar to the restriction on swallows in tori shogi. Thus, bishop-moving
dolphins should only be allowed to move to files containing 0 or 1
friendly dolphins.

To clarify another issue I see posted: In my original rules draft, I
wrote: 'On capturing the opposing Porpoise, a player adds an Orca (Killer
Whale) into his reserve, and the Porpoise is permanently removed from
play.' So an Orca always remains an Orca, and can be captured and then
dropped as an Orca as well. It's possible for one player to have both
Orcas.

By the way, around the same time as I designed this game, I also created a
really complicated 11x11 Whale Shogi ('Great Whale Shogi'?), inspired by
Wa Shogi. Each of the 28 pieces per side is different and has a different
promotion; and even the pawns are unique calves that promote to the type
of whale found in their file. Anyone intereted in rules can write me.--RWS

Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, Sep 20, 2004 02:09 PM UTC:
I note that a Dolphin cannot be dropped on a file already containing two of the same player's Dolphins. Can a Dolphin on its last rank make its Bishop move into such a file?

mike wrote on Mon, Feb 10, 2003 04:03 PM UTC:
Thanks for the clarification!

Michael Nelson wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2003 06:42 PM UTC:
If Hans has interpreted the inventor correctly, a captured Killer Whale
does not demote to Porpoise.  Only two special rules about drops are given
(for Porpoise and Dolphin), and the general rule is that the taken piece
becomes a reinforcemnt to be dropped.

This is probably the best for play balance as well--the Killer Whale is
enormously powerful in this game and it costs less to lose it if it
demotes when captured.

mike wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2003 06:15 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
oops, I meant to say porpoise. I was wondering if in that instance, you would be allowed to have two killer whales.

Anonymous wrote on Wed, Feb 5, 2003 08:14 PM UTC:
What made you think you'd get a dolphin? considering a killer whale comes from capturing the enemy porpise...and I'd say you'd keep the killer whale.

mike wrote on Wed, Feb 5, 2003 01:40 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
if a player has a killer whale, and that player captures the other's killer whale, does he get to place another killer whale or does it return as a dolphin?

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