From: Rikard Nordgren <e7rikard <at> ETEK <dot> CHALMERS <dot> SE>
Date: 3 feb 1999
Subject: Re: Wa shogi drops

> > "Sekai no Shogi" says Washogi is played without drops.
> >
>
> Darn! :-)  Looking at the piece moves and the limited number of ranging
> pieces really makes it look like the game was meant to be played with
> drops.  In fact, Wa is pretty close to what you'd get if you wanted to
> create the ultimate (playable) shogi variant with drops -- the large number
> of pieces with different moves guarantee a very large number of possible
> tesujis.  Plus the ratio of ranging/stepping pieces is fairly close to what
> we see in shogi, but vastly smaller than in Chu shogi.
>
> Oh well, I've flogged a dead horse long enough...
>
> Mike

If wa is better when played with drops why not do it? Then we make the
future not the
history.

Rikard