How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4 — Page 99

G-1c

Ten seconds later and you would have had to wait until tomorrow afternoon for my move. ;)

EDIT: Not that that matters... :P

:) Yeah, it looks like it didn't matter too much.  But here I am to make a move.

P*5d

Sx5d

P*5e

Now you have fallen into my trap!

I knew I was missing something obvious. I can't believe I thought that you might give me the chance to drop one of my pawns there....

Sx5e

On the plus side, I have all my pawns back.

I think the trade was more than fair.

Sx5e

K-2a

S-5d

P*2b

EDIT: Yay, I can post again!

By the way, there should be an elision between "le" and "Ender" in your title. ;) Thus: "L'ENDER EST MORT, VIVE L'ENDER !"

Are you referencing Enigma's album?

S*4b

Thanks for the tip.  I wondered about that, but didn't bother with my limited knowledge of French.  I love that Enigma album and it was where I had first heard the phrase, but it is actually a well established historical phrase.  Glad you like Enigma as well. :)

G-5b

I wondered if the album title was referencing something else, but I didn't realize it was a well-established expression. Also, I never said I liked Enigma (I do, though). ;P

S-4a (not promoted)

Hey, if ya like 'em or not, I thought they were awesome about the time you were born.  I bought my first album of Michael Cretu's (the main force of Enigma) in 1997, and it was the album we are discussing, Enigma's third, one year after its release.  I then bought the first and second, completing the collection till 2000 when the fourth came out.  I have since bought the fifth, but nothing since, and I believe there have been a couple others since then.  The first two are by far the best received in general, but I've always loved the third best.

Want some TNT for the brain?

G-5a

My dad also obviously likes Enigma...among the (6000+) songs he had on the laptop he gave me, there were about 150 Enigma songs and remixes from several albums, so I've had a fairly wide sampling. :)

S-3b+ check

Have you listened to Delirium?  It's kinda similar to Enigma.  I really like that stuff too.

K-1b

Oops, I'm walking myself into a corner here. I didn't plan on giving you free pieces, but I guess it's inevitable now.

I have "Innocente" by Delerium, but that's the only exposure I've had to their music. I like it though, so maybe I'll check them out.

That is their most popular album for sure, but I personally preferred the next one, Poem.  It was my favorite CD for a while.  

S-1e

Actually, I only have the one song--not the whole album--so I really haven't heard much of their music.

Px2c

Well if you get the chance you should check them out.  Here is a playlist of some of their songs from Poem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKUxE8UE7S0&list=PLxha3DZtSaoMSripOgeUhjham_4lenoTe

G-2e

G-5b

S-1d

P*5c

Sx1c check

Kx1c

G*1d check

K-1b

G (either) x2c mate

Good game, my friend.  You get to make the next call.

I think I'll let you choose, if you don't mind. I have no preference right now (though I'd rather not play a larger variant), and I'm not in a very decisive mood right now....

Go ahead and make the first move too.

Do you think your dad wants to try a game?  If we can get a fourth player we could even try yonin shogi.

Also, I'm interested in this game.  I haven't seen it before and I'm not familiar with the rules, but it looks easy.  I just have to find a moment to look it over.

http://ocastudios.com/four/shogi/