Charles Gilman wrote on Wed, Aug 2, 2006 06:51 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
As the main advocate of returning unpromoted with Occidental sets I suppose
I ought to mention how I have approached this for this range of pieces. In
my latest update to Bishogi
, update
submitted but yet to be posted) I added Filgi, which is 'to Bishogi what
Shatranji is to Chessgi.' This follows the rule of promoting Pawns to
Ferzes, and promoting other pieces by ADDING the Ferz move. This preserves
Shogi Rook promotion, and promotes 2-step leapers to be only as bound as
the Ferz itself. As everything has only one promotion option it can be
played with Shogi pieces. Applying this to the array here could still be
done but would require one piece type represented by stacks of two spare
pieces - three sets for two games, perhaps.
As for adding a Bishop - well that's getting into the realms of Shoxiang.
As the main advocate of returning unpromoted with Occidental sets I suppose I ought to mention how I have approached this for this range of pieces. In my latest update to Bishogi , update submitted but yet to be posted) I added Filgi, which is 'to Bishogi what Shatranji is to Chessgi.' This follows the rule of promoting Pawns to Ferzes, and promoting other pieces by ADDING the Ferz move. This preserves Shogi Rook promotion, and promotes 2-step leapers to be only as bound as the Ferz itself. As everything has only one promotion option it can be played with Shogi pieces. Applying this to the array here could still be done but would require one piece type represented by stacks of two spare pieces - three sets for two games, perhaps.
As for adding a Bishop - well that's getting into the realms of Shoxiang.