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Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs

From:Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...>
Date:Saturday, March 25, 2006, 0:56
On 3/24/06, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> wrote:
> Speaking of chess pieces, what about the insane chess game > from Japan, Tai Shogi? > > http://www.shogi.net/rjhare/tai-shogi/tai-intro.html > > There are over 100 pieces, and the game is so complex, it never > became popular. Almost reminds me of modern-day role-playing > board games like that game with hexagons (Warquest...?).
Wow! I'll have to forward that to my brother, the game designer. When we were working together on our conworld the Caligoi, I started and he contributed to a chess-like game called "Tokwomau" (which means "name-giving" in Thauliralau). http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/caligo/toa.htm#p553 In theory it may be the most complex chess variant anywhere, since the number and kinds of pieces is open-ended; but in practice I don't think we ever had more than a dozen pieces in play at any given time, when we were playtesting it. -- Jim Henry http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry

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