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Cubic Shogi for Windows

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Cubic Checkers offers a Western take on Japanese chess with innovative cube pieces. Rotation allows quick piece changes, accelerating gameplay.

  • Pros

    • Cube pieces efficiently change piece type via rotation.
    • Mandatory promotion speeds up gameplay.
    • Unique capture mechanism blends shogi and chess.
    • Simultaneous cube rotation allows virtual unit and color changes.
    • Dropped pieces are immediately promoted.

  • Cons

    • Demotion mechanic is eliminated.
    • Four pieces removed from traditional Japanese chess armies.
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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
1.3.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows XP
Additional Requirements
None
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Total Downloads
215
Downloads Last Week
9
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Developer’s Description

By Prilin
Play a Western variant of Japanese chess.
One set includes a wooden or vinyl board of 8 x 8 monochromatic squares, 18 white and 18 black cubes, which have the chess pieces, where the six faces of each cube display a different piece {pawn, knight, bishop, rook, general, and king}. This provides an efficient means {rotating the cube on a square} to change a type of the piece. In contrast with a traditional japanese chess are eliminated four pieces in one army, A promotion is notoptional, but mandatory, demotion is eliminated. A mechanism of the capture is an atypicalcombination of shogi and chess capturing that changes during a game and reduce thefactor of the reincarnation captured units back to a board, simultaneous rotation of two cubes allowes a virtual change of the units and color, pieces dropped from the stack on the board are active promoted immediately. All these factors accelerate game.
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