Gwangsanghui

Gwangsanghui is a large version of Janggi that has been played in Korea since the eighteenth century. It is played on a board of fifteen by fourteen intersecting lines with three palaces on each side, a central one and one at the far left and far right, each marked with diagonal lines. Each side fields a marshal who must stay in the central palace, with advisors, elephants, chariots, cannons, horses, a vanguard and a rearguard, elite officers, travellers, an ambush piece, six infantry and six cavalry, and two generals who stay in the side palaces. The ambush piece cannot capture and remains on the board if it is captured. The player who captures the opposing marshal wins, and draws are not possible. Captured pieces are placed in the capturer camp, where they can be held as hostages.