Board games
Ko shogi
Ko shogi is a board game released in 1700. It is played with 2 players and in about 240 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 240
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The box
- Year of release
- 1700
About the game
Kō shōgi (広将棋 or 廣象棋 'broad chess') is a large-board variant of shogi, or Japanese chess. The game dates back to the turn of the 18th century and is based on xiangqi and go as well as shogi. Credit for its invention has been given to Confucian scholar Ogyū Sorai (1666–1728), who had also described the rules of the game in his book, Kōshōgifu (廣象棋譜).Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.