the character of a set of characters for a board game, such as japanese chess (shogi)

摘要

The Japanese chess type game or 'shogi' has pieces that bear inscriptions informing the player of that piece's character and permitted range of movement, and utilizes a board with differentially marked areas defining the antagonistic territories. Pref the marks defining permitted movements are provided in an area surrounding the character symbol, and take the form of a suitably marked duplication of a section of the chequered board, or a similarly marked circle. Symbols can be in Japanese or any other language and sited on a visible upper surface of a piece's base plate.