Comments by michaeljay

Look in Japanese Chess for the Shogi program.

It helped me get a grasp on the book Shogi:  Japan's Game of Strategy by
Trevor Leggett by allowing me to play through the examples.

The program itself does what it was intended to do.

Ed, thank you much for your continued ambassadorship of variants and
giving the chess variant-appreciative public an opportunity to learn these
games.

Thanks for the information!  Manabu Terao, thank you also for the link.

I have never heard of the Invisible Ink Composition, the moves of which
for the shape of a letter or ideogram.  Wonderful idea.

That is one reason why investigation of chess variants is good for the
mind.  New ideas, different cultures, change of perspective.  Thank you.

Great concept, solid gameplay; it is important to remember that the
Demigorgons, or Medusas, cannot protect other pieces, but as Immobilizers,
will petrify anyone who moves into their space, captures and thereby comes
into direct line of sight of them, or sits adjacent to them.  Calculations
of strategy must therefore be modified during play--sections of the board
may be closed up by frozen pieces, and that makes the whole game exciting
and tense.  That same 'closed board' may fly open in the later stages of
the game.
Thanks, Ed--job well done!  Skeptical?--try one over the board with a
chessfriend!  See for yourself.

I agree.  I had to go back by section '240-270 days ago' to find the
link--it is worthy of being in the 'Crafts' section along with board
construction.
Well done, Bernard.

It is a fantastic site.  There is a good sense of community there, and the
players are either a healthy challenge or chessfriends with a great
passion for the game.

Standard, Alice, Chess960, Kriegspiel, Dark Chess, Shatranj, and other
chess games of interest.  Run by a fan of the game, it is a welcoming
place.  It has a well-conceived server design.  Support it with word and
finance!

I'd be interested in trying this game over-the-board.  Or correspondence.
In the process of learning the game and its development, I have many youth
who could benefit from being able to earn new power on the board so as to
learn to respect that power and use it wisely.