http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/ Shogi Variants Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:35:00 GMT gregory_sears http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1691 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1691 Hello all, If anyone here is interested in a game of Tenjiku shogi, feel free to challenge "gsears" on Richard's PBeM. Thanks! Cheers, Greg Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:20:11 GMT Phoenix http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1690 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1690 Greetings, I'm playing a handicap game of Chu with someone on Richard's PBMServ and have given them the 3 Lions handicap (after first having experimented with Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:34:06 GMT Phoenix http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1687 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1687 Howdy, ... Yeah, I'm having to figure out with each person which rules were going to play with. So far we've all been agreeing to the same ideas. ... I don't Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:14:55 GMT mjwciw http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1686 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1686 Dear Phoenix, There is also a set of rules on this website under Files. They were posted by Gregory Sears and are somewhat different from the Wikpedia rules. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:59:13 GMT Kristof Bastiaensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1685 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1685 ... I have still a library for a graphical board (platform independent), and a working plugin for most shogi variants on the generic gameserver. I have also Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:48:49 GMT roland.marounek http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1683 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1683 ... "Variant Chess" Magazine - Volume 3, Issue 25 - Autumn 1997:-... That is a clear answer. The merit is also to have tried it, to reach to a conclusion. ... Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:17:56 GMT Colin Paul Adams http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1682 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1682 ... George> Middle Shogi, thought by George> many to be the finest variant of all, is such a wonderful George> game in all its aspects why does anyone ever Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:12:23 GMT George Hodges http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1681 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1681 Re Middle Shogi with drops. Here is an extract from an article by Peter Blommers published in "Variant Chess" Magazine - Volume 3, Issue 25 - Autumn 1997:- Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:55:41 GMT roland.marounek http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1680 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1680 ... using their Lion to it's full potential. ;) I meant : in a dropped Chu, the game remains dense as all the pieces stay potentially on the board. ... thing, Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:01:24 GMT Colin Paul Adams http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1679 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1679 ... Roland> You are right of course, the main problem is to find a Roland> only one player. That is partly for that reason -besides Roland> the personal fun Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:45:48 GMT Phoenix http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1678 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1678 ... For me it's the range jumpers. I see it as completely useless to have all the other pieces with which to build a defensive structure, just to have range Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:11:59 GMT Colin Paul Adams http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1677 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1677 ... Roland> Even without drops, Fire Demons make the Tenjiku Roland> 'impossible' , in my opinion. Have you tried it with Edi's proposed rule change for the Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:03:12 GMT roland.marounek http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1676 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1676 ... Even without drops, Fire Demons make the Tenjiku 'impossible' , in my opinion. ... your opponents army would certainly suck. 1. One could have believed Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:08:26 GMT Phoenix http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1675 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1675 ... Chu -=> Lions Tenjiku -=> Fire Demons!, and Range Jumpers Dai Dai -=> Lion, Hook Mover, Long Nosed Goblin, etc Loosing pieces as strong as these and having Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:02:45 GMT roland.marounek http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1674 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shogivar/message/1674 By the way, what precisely makes the drops 'impossible' in Chu Shogi, and beyond? I had already started a correspondance game of dropped Chu, without noting