Dou Shou Qi | Animal Chess | Jungle | Ancient strategy game

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The Chinese game of Dou Shou Qi (in English-speaking countries called Animal Chess, Jungle Chess, or just Jungle) is a 2-player strategy game suitable for all ages, but with enough strategy to keep adults entertained. Learn more about the rules, history, and strategy, including why the rat is the most valuable piece in the game. Dou Shou Qi build video: https://youtu.be/Syl0lATWt9k Want to support the channel? Drop me a couple bucks at https://buymeacoffee.com/thegamingbench. Thanks! PHOTO CREDTS Some images and video used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. Dou Shou Qi board CC BY-SA 3.0 Parsa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Parsa Chinese Zodiac CC BY-SA 4.0 RootOfAllLight https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:RootOfAllLight Fanling Fung Ying Sen Koon template Chinese Zodiac CC BY-SA 4.0 Moreahongunai https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Moreahongunai Gunjin Shogi CC BY-SA 3.0 HA200711 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:HA200711&action=edit&redlink=1 Qing Empire Flag CC BY-SA 4.0 Daniel222potato https://lccn.loc.gov/80691515 Xiangqi CC BY-SA 3.0 Kyoku Chinese C18 woodcut; external medicine - freckles CC BY 4.0 Wellcome Collection https://wellcomecollection.org/works/dxc7a8ss?wellcomeImagesUrl=/indexplus/image/L0039913.html Mouse-deer Singapore Zoo 2012 CC BY-SA 3.0 Uspn (Bjørn Christian Tørrissen) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Uspn REFERENCES Publications * Bell, R.C. Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations, Dover Publications, 1979 * Bell, R.C. The Boardgame Book, The Knapp Press, 1979 * Culin, Stewart. Games of the Orient, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1895. * Culin, Stewart. Korean Games with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1895 * Parlett, David. Parlett’s History of Board Games. Echo Point Books & Media, 2018 * Spagnoli, Cathy. Terrific Trickster Tales from Asia, Alleyside Press, 2001 Freeman, Jon; Jackson, John. The Playboy Winner's Guide to Board Games, Chicago: Playboy Press, 1979. Websites https://aseanfolktales.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/crocodile-and-mouse-deer/ https://thebiggamehunter.com/inventors/game-designers/fred-horn/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%27er_Rabbit https://storytellingdb.com/mythical-creatures-malaysian-mythology/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sang_Kancil https://discover.hubpages.com/family/sang-kancil-and-the-elephant-retelling-malay-folklore https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4031/jungle Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D9gGYSWtAQ Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Board & pieces 01:51 - Rules 05:08 - History 07:53 - Folk tales 12:32 - Ancestor of Stratego? 14:01 - Strategy 16:00 - Wrap-up #boardgames #ancientgames, #china, #chinesehistory, #animalchess, #Malaysia, #SangKancil STANDARD DISCLAIMER: I am well aware that my pronunciation of foreign words, names, and places (and let's be honest, sometimes words in my native language) is terrible. I do look up pronunciations, and I try to get my American mouth to make the right noises. But at the end of the day, I’m just a small-town guy who’s doing his best. Also, I am not a professional game scholar, just an enthusiastic amateur. This means my work may be incomplete, biased and, (I hope only rarely) outright wrong. I work hard to use reliable sources, double-check for accuracy, and draw reasonable conclusions. However, the scholarship surrounding ancient games is constantly growing and evolving; as a part-time game researcher and YouTube content creator, I am not always up to date on the most recent findings. If I present anything that is demonstrably incorrect, please call me out so I may increase my personal knowledge and understanding of this fascinating subject. Reach me at heygamingbench@gmail.com.