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Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Oct 5, 2013 12:47 AM UTC:
Upon further consideration, I'm not sure adding a Shogi Lion to the standard mix of Chess pieces works very well.  The Shogi Lion's ability of baroque capture should allow it to just pick off the "normal" pieces one after another.  In the opening array, the pieces aren't vulnerable because the Lion can't get close enough, but as soon as they venture forth ...  Maybe they can move very slowly and defensively but it doesn't seem like that would be much fun (if I'm right about how it plays out.)  Even a larger board probably wouldn't solve the problem, although it might help.  If in doubt, I'm willing to give it a test in Game Courier.

This problem, if indeed there is a problem, doesn't exist in Chu Shogi because the board is much, much larger and there are a lot of pieces, including a ton of short range pieces that can keep the Lion away.

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