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Illustration of Gunjin Shogi

Gunjin Shogi

Overview

Next is a description of the actual (real life) game, I don't know if it is exactly as this MSX2 game

"Literally meaning ‘Soldier Shogi’, Gunjin Shogi is not really related to Shogi other than by having a military theme and pentagonal pieces. The game is more similar to Army Chess (Lu Zhan Jun Qi) or Stratego, featuring hidden pieces and a hierarchical system of combat, where higher ranked pieces defeat lower ones: the objective is to capture the opponent’s flag. Like Army Chess, Gunjin Shogi requires a third person to act as umpire and resolve combat. Unlike Army Chess (and more like Hai Lu Kong Jun Qi), Gunjin Shogi includes planes and tanks.

Each player has 23 pieces, consisting of a flag, 12 officers, 2 planes, 2 tanks, a cavalry unit, two engineers, a spy and two land mines. There is a hierarchy of ranks, with some exceptions – planes naturally cannot be destroyed by land mines and engineers deactivate land mines, for instance"

Developers
Dual
Publishers
Pack-In-Video
Alternate Names
  • Gunjin Shougi
  • Military Chess
Wikipedia
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Video
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Media

Box - Front

Gunjin Shogi - Box - Front (Japan) - 396x559
Japan -  396 x 559

Screenshot - Gameplay

Gunjin Shogi - Screenshot - Gameplay (Japan) - 239x211
Japan -  239 x 211