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Arabian Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Paul E. Newton wrote on Tue, Nov 12, 2002 07:16 PM UTC:
It's funny that you should mention Shogi! I considered taking the unique element of captured pieces becoming part of your reserve army to be dropped on the board (using the basic restrictions from Shogi as to where they can be dropped) from Shogi for this game, but I decided to keep it more true to Shatranj. I am play testing the 'Arabian Shogi' idea on a traditional Shogi size (9 x 9) board with a slightly different configuration of the 'Arabian' pieces see how it plays...