From: Pieter Stouten EMBL-HEIDELBERG DE> Date: 23 nov 1992 Subject: Black and white kings. E-mail board. On 21 Nov 1992 11:19, R J Hare FESTIVAL ED AC UK> wrote: > [...] >The statement is made (p143) that 'if a set has two types of king, >black takes the one marked > --- > | > --- > |` > --- > Normally in diagrams and books black kings are used for both sides. The above statement already implies that not always a distinction is made. In fact, most western players rarely pay attention to the type of king (jewel or king) they have. But what can you expect ? Most westerners (including me) don't even know what the proscribed order is to put the pieces on the board :-). As to ASCII Shogi sets, John Kenney already pointed out that using small letters for one side and capitals for the other is confusing when the pieces of both players start to mix. I just want to add that apart from the ASCII set in the archives one more set is available. Asle Olufson IFI UIO NO> designed a set that uses slashes and back slashes to mimic the wedge shape of real Shogi pieces. Please ask Asle directly if you want to check it out. Cheers, Pieter.