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Question: do you have pictures of the pieces with their ranks identified? I have a copy of this game and I'd like to be able to play it.
do you know where can I find the this game in software? I really love this game.
I programmed a Luzhanqi(Chinese Army Chess) software and will start to distribute the software as shareware for an optional gratuity fee. If anyone is interested, please email szhang@brandeis.edu
Here are the characters on the pieces, along with some (very) rough translations for the ranks. I hope this shows up correctly. 3 gongbin (soldiers, lowest rank): ¹¤±ø 3 paizhang (platoon leader): Åų¤ 3 lianzhang (company leader): ßB³¤ 2 yinzhang. (barracks commander): Óª³¤ 2 tuanzhang (regiment commander): Íų¤ 2 luzhang (traveling commander?): Âó¤ 2 shizhang (military division commander): ʦ³¤ 1 junzhang (army commander): ¾ü³¤ 1 siling (general, highest rank.): ˾Áî 1 junqi (flag): ¾üÆì 2 zhadan (missile): Õ¨µ¯ 3 dilei (landmine or bomb): µØÀ×
Actually, the ranks are as follows: 3 gongbin (usual infantry, regular enlisted troops): ¹¤±ø 3 paizhang (platoon (or group) leader): Åų¤ 3 lianzhang (company leader (captain)): ßB³¤ 2 yinzhang. (barracks commander): Óª³¤ 2 tuanzhang (regiment commander (colonel-i know, my uncle was one)): Íų¤ 2 luzhang (infantry brigade commander (brigadier general)): Âó¤ 2 shizhang (military division commander (LTG)): ʦ³¤ 1 junzhang (army commander (G - General)): ¾ü³¤ 1 siling (general, highest rank. (redundant)): ˾Áî 1 junqi (battle flag): ¾üÆì 2 zhadan (bomb): Õ¨µ¯ 3 dilei (landmine): µØÀ× These are the literal translations of the ranks. Feel free to take issue, but they are what my Communist grandparents taught me last time I was in China (Which was this past summer, summer 2005CE - I am an American, Proud to be American -Watch your flanks, you terrorists out there!)
such a long time i was looking for that rule!!!
very good
The translations of the ranks are suggested as below: 1. Commander in Chief, Field Marshal or Five Stars General. 2. Commander of Army Corps or General 3. Commander of Division or Lt. General 4. Brigader 5. Commander of Regiment or Colonel 6. Commander of Battalion or Major (not barrack) 7. Commander of Company or Captain 8. Leader of Platoon or (Second) Lieutenant (sometimes is Senior Sergeant) 9. Engineer (Private is okay but engineer is more appropiate to dig mines) 10.Bomb (In fact, the orginal version should be Grenade) 11. Mine 12. Colour (Flag is ok but colour is more appropiate in the army) The terms in the map are suggested as: 1. Headquarter 2. Fort (for the circles) (Direct translation is Camp but inappropiate since the opponents cannot attack here under some specific rule) 3. Barrack or Camp (for the rectangles) 4. Front If I am going to stick some new stickers with appropiate translation or even the realistic insignia on the chesses, would game enthusiasts of western countries be interested.
In Variant one: Basic army chess, the first piece flipped by the first player belongs to his opponent
Good game. Worth to try. Can soldier safely capture missle?
This game was very popular among students in 1990s. The name is 'Lu Zhan Qi' or 'Jun Qi', and 'Te Zhi' is just an adjective meaning made special. But today in China very few people play this variant, because in the last decade a four-player variant has become more and more pupolar on internet. This four-player variant is called 'Si Guo Jun Qi', which means army chess for four countries. Its rules are the same to the 2nd variant mentioned in this page except that 1) the two players sitting opponent each other are partners and the board is made in shape of a cross to fit four players; 2) if a player's flag is taken, all of his pieces are eliminated and the winning condition is taking two enemies' flags. With the help of computers we don't need a referee now, so it's far more popular than Lu Zhan Qi was in 1990s. Supplements to the rules in this page: there are refuges on the board (the circulars), in which pieces can't be attacked. Seriously I doubt if games like stratego, 'Lu Zhan Qi' and 'Dou Shou Qi' can be considered as chess variants. Of most of chess variants a common feature is that different pieces just move and capture in different ways but they can capture each other. Of stratego, 'Lu Zhan Qi' and 'Dou Shou Qi', a common feature is that different pieces move almost the same but only higher pieces can capture lower pieces.
Is there anyone interested in making this a zrf file? I've tried, but still have no idea on the moving rules.
Zillions does not support game with hidden information. You can make things difficult to see but that won't work.
Recently a zillions implementation of Luzhanqi has been published on the zillions website. The AI can see all your pieces.
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