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Whale Shogi. Shogi variant. (6x6, Cells: 36) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Anonymous wrote on Sat, Oct 9, 2010 07:48 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Wow, there are a lot of people hating Whale Shogi.  I for one like my chess
variants nice and complex, and 8 piece types (which are not really that
hard to learn) is a good balance, rather like Tori Shogi, which I am also a
fan of.  The divergent pieces are certainly easier to keep track of than,
say, the pieces in Chu Shogi, Tenjiku Shogi, and definitely Taikyoku
Shogi.

Anyways, on a random note, the Porpoise/Killer Whale duality is a new,
interesting idea I haven't seen anywhere else.  Because you have to
consider in Shogi variants what your opponent will gain as well as what you
will lose, I have found the Porpoise's value to be about equal to that of
the Grey Whale.

Oh, and by the way, I am also a fan of Outback Chess ;-).