Jungle (board game)

Jungle or Dou Shou Qi () is a modern Chinese board game with an obscure history. The game is played on a 7×9 board and is popular with children in the Far East. The game is also known as The Jungle Game, Animal Chess, Beast Chess, Children's Chess and Oriental Chess. 
Jungle is a two-player strategy game and has been cited as resembling the Western game "Stratego", but "Stratego" actually has more in common with another Chinese board game known as Jun Qi ().
Overview.
The Jungle gameboard represents a jungle terrain with dens, traps "set" around dens, and rivers. Each player controls eight game pieces representing different animals of various rank. Stronger-ranked animals can capture ("eat") animals of weaker or equal rank. The player who is first to maneuver any one of their pieces into the opponent's den wins the game. An alternative way to win is to capture all the opponent's pieces.
Board.
The Jungle , usually made of paper, consists of seven and nine of squares (7×9 rectangle = 63 squares). Pieces move on the squares as in chess, not on the grid lines as in xiangqi. Pictures of eight animals and their names appear on each side of the board to indicate initial placement of the game pieces. After initial setup, these designated squares have no special meaning in the .
There are several special squares and areas of the Jungle board: 
Pieces.
Each player has eight game pieces representing different animals, each with a different rank, and in their own colour (blue versus red). The animal ranking, from strongest to weakest, is:
Pieces start on squares with pictures corresponding to their animal, which are invariably shown on the Jungle board.
Rules.
Movement.
Players alternate moves with Blue moving first. During their turn, a player must move. All pieces can move one square horizontally or vertically (not diagonally). A piece may not move into its own den. Animals of either side can move into and out of any trap square. 
There are special rules related to the "water squares":
Capturing.
Animals capture opponent pieces by "killing/eating" them (the attacking piece the captured piece on its square; the captured piece is removed from the game). A piece can capture any enemy piece that has the same or lower rank, with the following exceptions:
Variations.
There are some commonly played variations, as follows: 
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