Hi second session of Shogi thursday will be at 22:30 CET / 20:30 UTC (~2h30 from now)
> What is Shôgi?
Shôgi is a strategy board game similar to chess, its main differences are:
- dropping rule: when you capture an opponent piece, you can use it as your own
- promotion: every piece can promote into a pre-defined form
- pieces: some of the pieces have different behaviour from normal chess, some are completely new
Those differences makes Shôgi a much more complex/deep game than chess, but also makes it a bit more freeform in my opinion
> I don't know how to play...
Then it's the perfect occasion to learn, feel free to join and you'll get an introduction to the game. If you want you can also read the rules here: https://www.shogi.cz/en/rules
Don't worry about chinese symbols being confusing, the world we'll be playing in have an option for chess symbols
> Board games Thursday?
Shogi Thursday is replacing Board games Thursday, however we'll go back other games every first Thursday of the month (so next week won't be shogi)