From: Colin Paul Adams <colin <at> COLINA <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 1 feb 1999
Subject: Re: big shogi

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Vanier <mvanier <at> BBB <dot> CALTECH <dot> EDU> writes:

    Michael> not necessary, but I'm not sure why you characterize it
    Michael> as "insane".  Is there some way that it would break the

Yes. I went a bit over the top there.

    Michael> stipulation is that no piece may move more than once in a
    Michael> turn.  Thus you couldn't make two Fire Demon moves per
    Michael> turn, which would obviously lead to unbalanced play if it
    Michael> were permitted.

I confess that at first I confused your suggestion with 'progressive'
playing. And when i realised what you were actually saying, I didn't
feel inclined to change the description.


    Michael> Multiple moves per turn would make games like Tai much
    Michael> like large wargames, which are very difficult to play
    Michael> face-to-face but are playable by mail.  Perhaps what's
    Michael> needed is a large shogi variant specifically designed for
    Michael> multi-move play.  Any game inventors interested? :-)

I doubt it could be done. The pieces just aren't designed for that
sort of game.

If it's the length of playing time that's the problem, then I would
suggest altering the starting positions - move the front lines much
closer together.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire