How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4 — Page 2

K-6i

P-1d

S-6h

P-1e

K-7h

Did you mess up or did I mix up the silver and gold generals...I thought I had the right one (for your last move) but the computer said I moved your gold general, so I undid it and moved the other guy instead. One of us goofed up anyway.

If you tell me how to take and post a screenshot, I can post one of my board so we can figure out if I made the goof or if you called the wrong move.

I hope not.  Sorry if it's my fault.  I'll post a screenshot of what I am seeing.

^I can't move your king to that square with the current board set-up.

darth_ender said:

I hope not.  Sorry if it's my fault.  I'll post a screenshot of what I am seeing.

 No worries (and sorry if I'm mixing up pieces :P). The game is just for funsies anyway. ;)

Alright, I think I see our problem. You typed K-7h instead of K-7i. No worries though.

R-8d

Carp, I wasn't even paying attention.  So sorry.  Thanks for catching it.  It was time for a visual update anyway. G-5i.  And with that I'll call it a night.  Thanks for helping advance the game a few moves.  I'll pick it up some more tomorrow.

What happens if you have two of the same piece close together that can both move to a square you call? How do you distinguish between the two so the other player doesn't make the wrong move on their board?

Anyway, P-2d

You write the abbreviation of the piece, the square it is starting on, and the square it is finishing on.  Example (not applicable to this game): S3f-3e.

But my actual move is R-4e

This should be a helpful link if you have notation questions.

darth_ender said:

You write the abbreviation of the piece, the square it is starting on, and the square it is finishing on.  Example (not applicable to this game): S3f-3e.

But my actual move is R-4e

 OK, thanks.

darth_ender said:

This should be a helpful link if you have notation questions.

 What link? :P

S-2c

D'oh!  That's what 3 hours of sleep will do to you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#Notation

Also for tactics and strategy, this might be useful

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi_strategy_and_tactics

And for my move: R-4c+ (meaning my rook is now promoted)

Thanks for the links. I'll have to read up on strategy later.

G4a-5b

R-4f

G6a-6b

S-2h

S-7b

Ah nuts!  I made a move just before coming to work, hoping you'd follow up while I was here.  I left it loading, and it must have not gone through.  I don't even know what it was at the moment, and I'm sure you're in bed.  Darn!  I want this game to get going so you can see how exciting it gets!

Yep, it gave me an error.  This was my intended move: S-2g