Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs

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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