From: Patrick Davin <patrick <at> LYRA <dot> VEGA <dot> OR <dot> JP>
Date: 18 apr 2000
Subject: Re: Hashami-Shogi

The first game you describe is hasami-shogi.
The other one I don't know.

Alexander asks:
>I have seen two different games named as "Hashami-Shogi".
>One game 9 pawns each side playing on Shogi board and they able to move like
>Rook in Shogi.
>If you can stay from both sides of enemy pawn you can eat it, like
>ninuki(pente) but not diagonal direction .
>Winner is the player who can eat 5 pawns (other variant 8 pawns).

>Other game 18 pawns each side staying 8-9 horizontals and 1-2 horizontals.
>They have to create five in a row (his colour) moving this pawns in the area
>3-7 horizontals and all 9 verticals of Shogi board  field.

>Do you know this games , what is their names ?
>What kind of game is "Hashami Shogi" ? What is the other game name.