Fake King Shogi - Mind Games

Choose one of your own pieces as your Fake King (a hidden king), then spot your opponent's and capture it to win. Fake King Shogi is a twist on Japanese chess with no check or checkmate, built on bluffs and deduction. Your Fake King can be a Pawn, a Rook, or even the King itself. Do you bet everything on a Pawn and use your King as bait, or outfox your rival by choosing the King after all? Nobody knows which piece is the real one until it is captured. ■ Easy to learn • Before each game, choose one Fake King within 30 seconds • The Fake King moves like the piece it was, and stays the Fake King after promotion • If your Fake King is captured, you lose on the spot • If your King is captured but is not your Fake King, the game goes on • You are free to ignore a threat to your King ■ Clues for reading your opponent • Every piece that has never been captured carries the same round mark, on both sides • Your opponent's Fake King is one of the marked pieces. Work out which one from how they move • Your own Fake King shows a 影 (shadow) mark that only you can see ■ Two boards to choose from • 5×5: the pieces and the starting setup change every game. 5 minutes per player, or 10 seconds per move • 9×9: the same starting setup as regular shogi, for a longer game. 10 minutes per player, or 10 seconds per move ■ Play online or against the CPU • Random match: find an opponent and start playing right away • Friend match: share a 5-digit Room Pass to play with a friend. Anyone who knows the Room Pass can also watch • CPU Play: three levels (Easy, Normal, Hard), no connection needed ■ And more • Check the rules and how pieces move in "How to Play" • Replay a finished game to look back on it • Your random match record is saved • Ads appear only between games, never during one • Available in 7 languages: Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese (Brazil)

The first release of Fake King Shogi.