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In article <1020@unc.unc.UUCP> singleto@unc.UUCP (John Singleton) writes:
>In article <22300020@uiucdcsp> leimkuhl@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>>Is there a book?
>>-Ben Leimkuhler
>
>The book, "Games Ancient and Oriental", a Dover paperback, contains descriptions
>of several chess variations including Shogi, Chinese chess, Burmeses chess,
>Tamerlane's version and others.  There are sample games of most versions.
>This book is a reprint of a much earlier work (around 1900?) so the language
>may seem dated but there is enough detail on each of the games to be able to
>learn the moves.

Beware!  It is an old book and the research is faulty.  While the games
described in the book are interesting games, I recall for certain that
the rules provided for Chinese chess are incorrect, and that makes
me suspicious of most of the other games as well.

As for Shogi, there is/was a book on the game which included die-cut
cardboard pieces with both the Japanese glyph and a western symbol
to simplify learning.  As usual, my information is at home, and I'm
not, so I can't be more specific, nor do I know if this book
is still in print.
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   Mike Urban
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