Im an anime fan and iv come to this site looking to play Sho= gi,,, although i dont know where to go to play Shogi ^_^`

>From: as20728 decef elf stuba sk

>Reply-To: shogi topica com

>To: "Shogi::Shogi Mailing List" <shogi topica com>

>Subject: Shogi presentation tips...

>Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:28:13 +0200

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>Dear shogi fans,

>I ve got chance to participate with shogi on small anime fai= r (AnimeCon)

>held here at Bratislava in aprox. two months.

>Imo, I (and shogi:-) will be given some dusty corner on the = outskirts of

>fair, but it's much better than nothing:-D Organizators expe= ct at least 500

>visitors ... not much, but if it happend (by some magic or c= hloroform;-)

>they might be couple of new shogi players here... finaly. Or= at least people

>who know what's meaning of word "shogi".

>Do You have any experience with shogi presentation on such e= vents, please?

>Or any other events for young people (from 10 to 25 yo but m= ostly 16+). What

>do You think how can i attract anime funs? And where should = i start after i

>got their attention? Thing or things i fear most are eleven = glyphs (10kanji

>and TO:-) on the pieces -- in most cases kanji is considered= hard and

>unlearneable. That might freak-em-out before they even hear = something from

>me.

>At the present time i think that presentation will be like t= his:

>a) tell'em "what's shogi" - some brief explanation of shogi = hiostory,

>relation with "western" chess and probably give out few word= s on theme "how

>shogi and manga/anime" -- if i found anything'cause i'm defi= nity not an

>animeotaku.

>b) explain'em rules of shogi somehow - aldo i don't how:-( i= n the principle

>shogi rules are easy, but i m having hard time each and ever= y moment when

>explainting it... to start is very hard.

>c) print out fome flayers with SIMPLE shogi rules - i got sh= ogi rules on two

>A4 pages - most of it are diagrams with piece moves. goal is= to minimize it

>to singe A4 page.

>d) prepare some simple (1 and 3 move) tsumeshogi (is it call= ed tsume shogi

>when it have only one move?).

>e) clear dust from the board and play shogi with anybody who= will be

>interested.

>f) spend all other time publicly playing shogi with friend -= - this might get

>someones attention;-)

>I will appriciate any comments, please.

>Have a nice day.

>YS

>Adam Skalny

>PS: sorry for my miserable english

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