| User | Rating | Min. Age | Adults Too | Comment |
| Shade_Jon | 9 | | | For intelligent kids, this is a great game to learn. Many years of depth. However, they will need to find a partner at an equal level to play with. |
| boltongeordie | 8 | 11 | Yes | |
| duchamp | 8 | 10 | Yes | Very complex and hard tomaster - so, for special intersteded kids only ... for them it`s a 10, my rating assumes more the average kid . |
| CDRodeffer | 6 | 9 | Yes | Shogi is an advanced abstract strategy game that's very interesting among adult enthusiasts, and it's an ideal choice for club play in schools. It's similar to and in the same family of games as Chess. However, it comes with the same baggage as some other abstract strategy games in that, lacking a strong theme and glitzy graphics, it will be hard for some kids to pay attention to a single game long enough to finish (which as a rough estimate, typically takes about 20% to 50% longer than a game of Chess between the same two players), and it will be even harder for them to keep playing long enough to feel like they have a grasp on what tactics work and what don't. But if your child can stick with it, I would consider learning to play and understand Shogi a social grace. I would start an average child on Shogi after first teaching Chess and at least one other abstract strategy game that involves putting pieces onto the board during play, perhaps Hex or Othello. If a young Shogi player is frustrated by always losing against a cruel adult player, you can handicap the adult by several means. For example, the adult begins the game without one of the horses and the child has it in-hand. Which and how many pieces to use as a handicap while learning can be adjusted over the course of a few games, and then re-adjusted as the child's tactical play improves. |