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Most chess variants are played on 8x8 to 10x10 boards. What pieces, kinds
and numbers, would be required for a 'universal' chess set that could be
used to play [almost] any chess variant on boards in this size range? And
what shapes would they need to be? This would include shogi, for example.
This is a question asked of me by Richard Hutnik [Iago organizer], and I
think it's a good question. If you choose western-style pieces, ie: 3D,
could you use these for XiangQi or Shogi? And if you made all the pieces
flat, with 2 sides, would people use them for games like FIDE or Grand
Chess also? Should the question be broken down into 'Western' and
'Eastern' sets, one 3D and one 2D? What would the players here use?