dim@whuxlm.UUCP (McCooey David I) (02/26/86)
> In article <1020@unc.unc.UUCP> singleto@unc.UUCP (John Singleton) writes: > >In article <22300020@uiucdcsp> leimkuhl@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU writes: > >>Is there a book? > >>-Ben Leimkuhler > > > >The book, "Games Ancient and Oriental", a Dover paperback, contains descriptions > >of several chess variations including Shogi, Chinese chess, Burmeses chess, > >Tamerlane's version and others. There are sample games of most versions. > >This book is a reprint of a much earlier work (around 1900?) so the language > >may seem dated but there is enough detail on each of the games to be able to > >learn the moves. > > Beware! It is an old book and the research is faulty. While the games > described in the book are interesting games, I recall for certain that > the rules provided for Chinese chess are incorrect, and that makes > me suspicious of most of the other games as well. > > As for Shogi, there is/was a book on the game which included die-cut > cardboard pieces with both the Japanese glyph and a western symbol > to simplify learning. As usual, my information is at home, and I'm > not, so I can't be more specific, nor do I know if this book > is still in print. > -- > > Mike Urban > ...!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!urban > > "You're in a maze of twisty UUCP connections, all alike" I have a book (not with me know) that I think is called "Chess Variations, Ancient and Modern". It covers almost every kind of chess that I can think of (except hexagonal chess): Chinese Chess, Shogi, Chaturanga (2 & 4 handed), Burmese Chess, Martian Chess, Timur's Chess, Chancellor Chess, and MANY others. As far as hexagonal chess goes, I have been playing a variation which has a hexagonal board (with 6 on a side) where the players set up in opposite corners. The forces are normal except for only 7 pawns and 3 bishops (to cover the 3 colors). There was a different version sold in stores, but I don't think it was thought out as well. Dave McCooey AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany ihnp4!whuxlm!dim