From: Ian Stanley <ian_stanley <at> BIGFOOT <dot> COM>
Date: 29 oct 2002
Subject: Re: Oriental players?

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From: "Jeff Rollason" <jeff.rollason <at> PURPLESOFTWARE <dot> COM>
> The Kanji is very beautiful, and I would not want
> to use anything else, but I'm sure it puts most potential Western Shogi
> players off from starting. If I had been Chinese I'm sure I would have
been
> up and running much more quickly!

I was not put off though I must admit for a few months using a piece of
paper
with the kanji to english translations (including moves) - Those who are
really interested
will probably learn te kanji without too much trouble -- after all people
play plenty of
other games where the piece is recognised visually as opposed from read (eg
the abstract
chess pieces of european chess and many other variants)