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Shatranj With Different Armies. Like Chess with Different Armies, but for Shatranj.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

David Paulowich wrote on Sat, Feb 18, 2023 04:45 AM UTC:

Limiting the topic to the Japanese Jostlers and the Orderly Originals, I would recommend replacing the gold general with the "cat sword" from Dai Shogi. Conveniently, this piece moves like a ferz.

Why am I replacing a 9-point piece with a 6-point piece? Because the Elephant/Bishop equivalent piece in Makruk moves like a silver general and nothing that I have read on the web says that it is worth less than 12 points. Meanwhile the rook was traditionally worth four times as much as an alfil. That raises the alfil from 3 points to 5 points. Which leads to:

NEW J.J. TOTAL 77 - 3 + 4 + 4 = 82. NEW O.O. TOTAL 78 + 2 + 2 = 82.

💡📝Andrew L Smith wrote on Sun, Jul 3, 2022 07:36 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Fri May 27 12:56 AM:

Edited regarding letters: Berolina pawns changed from P to Q.

💡📝Andrew L Smith wrote on Sun, Jul 3, 2022 07:28 PM UTC in reply to Greg Strong from Fri May 27 03:30 AM:

The Japanese Jostlers pawn is a regular Shatranj pawn (though with a different promotion). The image editor doesn't allow me to mix piece sets, unfortunately.

Greg Strong wrote on Fri, May 27, 2022 03:30 AM UTC:

Shatranj with Different Armies. Possibly a worthwhile idea... Only possibly, since Shatranj is such a bad game. I will digest this more and post further thoughts, but my first observation is that "The Japanese Jostlers" show a different icon for the Pawn, although the text claims it isn't a Shogi Pawn. Please clarify. Furthermore, I think Shatranj with Different Armies should follow CwDA in the core tenant that the Pawns and Kings don't change between armies. If you have armies with wild pawns, to me that is not "Shatranj with Different Armies" but something else.

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, May 27, 2022 12:56 AM UTC:

I have published this. I would recommend using P for the Pawns and another letter for the Berolina Pawns, since if this game is ever programmed for Game Courier, every piece will need to be identified by notation.