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Taikyoku Shogi. Extremely large shogi variant. (36x36, Cells: 1296) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Nicholas Wolff wrote on Thu, Jan 6, 2011 06:29 AM UTC:
Mats,

I agree that the game itself is complicated, much like many variants found on this site, but I hardly think it is apalling.  Mankind naturally gravitates towards bigger and better things.  Considering that this was played in the 1600's, it probably was eccentric for its time, but I think after its rediscovery in 1997, it has put a spark in at least some people, including myself.  To play and finish a game on the world's largest board game would be the equivalent of a runner training for a marathon, which less than one percent of the world has completed.  Apalling... I wouldn't classify it as that.  Eccentric... even now, to a degree.  Complicated... undoubtedly.  Intriguing... to me it is.