From: guy1656 ados com Date: 14 aug 2004 Subject: Re: Kanji-Less Shogi Sets = International Sets ? Where Available Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Amazing Diet Patch The fastest - Easiest way to lose weight! Try it now FREE! http://click.topica.com/= caacvgta2i6YsbnuqMaa/MyDietPatches ------------------------------------------------------------------- On Saturday 14 August 2004 06:31, you wrote: : > Maybe I should agree if there were only one kind of kanji used. Why : > should I learn two? : : There is only one kind of kanji used, with different fonts ... I actually got interested in Shogi while traveling through Yamadera in Japa= n,=20 where I learned that the 'redundant' samurai had taken to (or were=20 economically forced to) take up the craft of carving shogi pieces. The variation is more like different people's cursive writing; each individ= ual=20 ends up emphasiing or diminishing various strokes of the characters, and= =20 these become that craftsman's "signature set." The equivalent in western chess would be the plethora of 'novelty' chess se= ts.=20 A beginner might have an easy time with standardized figures, but might hav= e=20 a few questions trying to play an ordinary, regulation game using these=20 'novelty' sets. (Examples: US Civil War Blue vs. Grey, Lord of the Rings Go= od=20 Magic Guys vs. Bad Magic Guys, cartoon character sets, etc.) - GLL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------- Where Speed & Service Have Always Mattered @ http://www.ados.com Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a Great Credit Card for You Today=20 You can find a credit card to fit your credit needs.=20=20 All types of credit cards -- 0% APRs, Rewards, & Bad Credit. http://click.topica.com/= caacvgua2i6YsbnuqMaf/411Web ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= bnuqMa.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------