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Charles Gilman wrote on Fri, May 28, 2004 07:09 AM UTC:
With regard to Michael Howe's question on promotion: P/W/H => G, C/M/U =>
S (note the symmetry), R/B as standard Shogi, G/S/K are unpromotable (so
that, as in standard Shogi, no piece is both promotable and a promotee).
	Where can pieces not be reintroduced? Where immediate promotion would be
AUTOMATIC - far rank for all FO pieces, penultimate rank for Helms, entire
enemy camp for Humps. Points cannot be reintroduced to give two
(unpromoted) on the same file, but CAN on files which had none in the
array. Colourbound pieces are restricted to the array total, broken down
by type and binding.
	Why the name changes? To avoid carrying misleading connotations, and to
allow easy extrapolation to other directions, or to avoid confusion when
mixing with Occidental pieces. I cannot help but think that part of the
adverse reaction to Shanghai Palace is the need to keep qualifying Pawn or
Knight with the game that it is from. If the first two FO pieces are named
after some attribute of the corresponding symmetric piece other
attributes
will have an obvious meaning. When my 4x4x8 Tunnelshogi comes out it will
have a piece called the Horn, clearly the FO version of the Unicorn.
	Regarding the names, would '10-file Mitregi' and '12-file Mitregi' be
better?

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