NAME

Games::Shogi::Tai - Piece descriptions and initial configuration for Tai Shogi

SYNOPSIS

use Games::Shogi::Tai;
$Game = Games::Shogi::Chu->new;
$piece = $Game->board()->[2][2];
print @{$Game->neighbor($piece);
print $Game->english_name('c'); # 'Copper General'

DESCRIPTION

At 25 x 25, Tai Shogi is the largest game conclusively known to be played in antiquity. It includes almost all of the hard-to-define pieces in the smaller Shogis and introduces the Emperor. Thankfully it doesn't occur in the starting configuration, but if you manage to promote the Crown Prince you can play with one. This piece can move instantaneously to any piece on the board, capturing any piece that isn't protected by another piece.

Of course, it still includes pieces like the Buddhist Spirit, Lion, Capricorn and Vice General.

SEE ALSO

perl

AUTHOR

Jeffrey Goff, <jgoff@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2004 by Jeffrey Goff

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.