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#691814
Topic
How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4
Time

I have another idea...

What if, rather than always trying to balance the pieces, you split this into two Shogi variants. One with weak to medium-strength pieces and another with more powerful pieces? You can have a powerful piece in the former and a weak piece in the latter, but you wouldn't have to worry as much about finding the kind of balance you need now. The one with powerful pieces could be played on a longer board, since powerful tends to be synonymous with long-range in most cases.

What do you think? Do you want to keep just one single-dimensional variant, or do you want to experiment with two and split up the powerful and weaker pieces?

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#691813
Topic
How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4
Time

There are some interesting pieces there. I had no idea there were so many different ones...

Something like a limited fire demon might be worth a try too. The piece regularly has a value of 83, so it is obviously a very powerful piece, but on a one-dimensional board, it could only burn pieces on either side of it. This would still allow up to a three piece capture. If we do decide to use it, I suggest we limit its moves so that it can only move like a kirin, or something like that. Maybe it could be the opposite value of the lion. Those other generals are definitely worth a look though, and I'll try incorporating them into some set-ups.

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#691811
Topic
How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4
Time

Great, now I've trapped my goose. :P 

Kn-22

Yes, I did mean dragon horse, not dragon king. I'll play around with the RC/SC idea and maybe some other combinations. Would it be a bad idea to also get rid of a jumping piece and add another general or two (maybe a stone general/iron general)? Or that piece could replace the gold cannon and lance instead, replacing medium strength pieces with weak pieces instead of getting rid of them altogether. That might be a bad idea, but then there would be more generals defending the king, like other shogi variants have it. I haven't given the idea a whole lot of thought, so it might not be very good, but I'm just brainstorming...

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#691807
Topic
How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4
Time

Here's another idea for the piece arrangement:

(centre square)
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P/GB
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-
-
HH/Cm
Kn/Ln
Gs/Ph
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GC/SC
B/DK
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C/S
K

I kept the board the same length, but made a few changes in piece position. I moved everything between the pawn and the copper general back a square. This way, all three front pieces can make the first move and the pawn doesn't get in the way of any of them. The heavenly horse gets in the way of the kirin's second move, but I don't think that'll be much of a problem. The bishop is stuck behind the kirin, but it works as a defense early on.

I also made the RS/B a bishop/dragon king and of course made the changes you suggested (removed the lance and changed the knight to a heavenly horse).

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#691749
Topic
Star Wars: The New Dawn (The First Episode in DuracellEnergizer's New PT Re-Write) *COMPLETE*
Time

Well, in the first line, the word "to" shouldn't be there. You don't use the infinitive "to have" in that context because the pronoun "I" modifies the verb.

In the second line, yes it should be "broken" rather than "broke" because you are using the present perfect tense ("you have").

So there's your little grammar lesson for the day. ;)

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#691627
Topic
How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4
Time

P-18

I can't believe I did that. I was in a rush, so I forgot to promote your pawn and didn't realize my goose was in danger. :(

I think you may be right about the lance. However, in the first game we played, your lance/reverse chariot was all that really prevented me from dropping pieces on your side of the board and gaining the upper hand. So it does have its uses. If we do decide to keep it, the middle rather than the front seems to be the best place to put it. But if you want to get rid of it, then that's fine with me as well.

As for the heavenly horse being the unpromoted value of what is now the knight/cavalryman, I think that's a good idea. The knight has no ability to retreat until it captures and with its promoted value now being the cavalryman, there is a huge difference between the two. So heavenly horse it is in future set-ups.

As I said, I'll work on some alternate ideas in a couple weeks or so, when I have the time to properly analyze the board and explore a bunch of different options. Meanwhile I'll just work on minor tweaks and whatnot.

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#691507
Topic
Ask the member of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church AKA Interrogate the Catholic ;)
Time

TV's Frink said:

The incidence of child pedophilia and molester shuffling is much higher among publish school teachers, policemen, border patrol, but especially within the family. It’s all right there, in plain sight, on the internet and in print from reliable mainstream sources. Do the research if you really do give a damn.

Couldn't he do the research for me?  This isn't a class assignment.

JEDIT: Argh the stupid limited text editor strikes again.

JEDIT2: Publish school teachers, eh?

 LOL

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#691489
Topic
The Historical Discussion Thread: All Discussion Pertaining to History is Welcome
Time

February 21:

A.D. 1173: Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury is canonized by Pope Alexander III.

A.D. 1431: The trial of Joan of Arc by the English is begun.

A.D. 1795: Freedom of worship is incorporated into the French constitution.

A.D. 1804: The first locomotive runs in Wales.

A.D. 1842: The first known sewing machine is patented in Washington D.C.

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#691260
Topic
How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4
Time

I think the switch is good. It gets the gold cannon in a better position for attack, because it doesn't have to jump over the RS anymore. It also works to my advantage a bit in this game because the RS is now in a better position to defend my offensive pieces.

I'm not entirely satisfied with the arrangement of the front pieces either. I think that either the lance needs to move back or be put in front; perhaps even in front of the pawn (in which case the pawn would move back a square or two).

So something like this:

-(centre)
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L
P
-
-
Kn
N
-
Gs
-
GC
RS
-
C
K

Unfortunately, this extends the board even more (to 33 squares) and it sacrifices some spacing further back. I haven't examined it very thoroughly, so maybe it doesn't solve any problems, but it's an idea.

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#691225
Topic
The Historical Discussion Thread: All Discussion Pertaining to History is Welcome
Time

February 20:

A.D. 1792: The American postal service is established.

A.D. 1943: Mexican volcano Paracutin erupts in a farmer's corn field after growing from a small mound into a small volcano.

A.D. 1947: A chemical mixing error creates a massive explosion, destroying 42 blocks in Los Angeles.

A.D. 1947: The state of Prussia ceases to exist.