I even like the way Shogi is played more than European chess. But I'm still having trouble recognizing the characters on the stones.
On the other hand, using symbolized/internationalized/Europeanized stones feels like an insult to the spirit of the game and disrespect to the Japanese people.
What do the Japanese think about this, and what is your perspective on those who use chess-like pieces?
While reading various shogi books for beginners, I've noticed that explanations of piece values tend to vary depending on the author.
Personally, I think of it simply as shown in this image, but I'd like to hear other opinions and perspectives! What do you think?
Pretty excited about this one. Random pick up in Japan. Anyone played this shogi game?
The chances of ever really playing with someone are slim to none, though, not where I live. So in the meantime I have it lying on the table in my living room and whenever I enter it I make a move and reverse the board. Aah well, but even by itself it looks like an obscure piece of art, and maybe it can serve as a conversation starter in the future. Anyways, it was inevitable that one day I just had to buy one.
I've come to realize that barely anyone likes 'sudden death' games, without byyomi or Fischer time, giving every game a definitive time limit of how long it can last. But these are my favorite ones, I especially like 5+0! Even a 10-minutes-game feels too dragged out for me. Lol, I guess I have a short attention span.
But the purpose of this survey is to learn how marginal my own personal opinion actually is. I wanna see, what kind of games other players prefer and if there is a tendency for one certain type of time settings. So please share in this thread which kind of open games in any Internet lobby attract you the most! Arrigato! :)
I'm also interested in how fast you can get a game there, and the overall strength distribution of the playerbase there. But if it also has optional AI assistance like Shogi Wars does, that'd be a dealbreaker for me. :/