Round Chesslacabraenlamachina@lemmy.ca to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz – 188 points – 1 years ago12Post a CommentPreviewHotTopNewOldIf go is "round chess", I feel like chess should be "pointy chess".1 more...I want to have a go at the round chess, too!Round chess is hard. But fun.The wild thing about this is that Shogi would make a much more reasonable middle picture than Go.Chinese chess is round chess. Shogi is pointy chess. Chess is icon chess.Aren't the pieces normally rectangles with a point?The non-pointy sides are also sloped. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#/media/File%3AShogi_Koma_Ryoko.jpgTrue. Shogi is played with chess clocks but from what I know about Go, it doesn't make much sense but I might be wrong tho.Annoyed they left out pentagonal chessTrue. Subtle Japanophobia is verywhereIf go is "round chess" what's stop?Square baduk
The wild thing about this is that Shogi would make a much more reasonable middle picture than Go.Chinese chess is round chess. Shogi is pointy chess. Chess is icon chess.Aren't the pieces normally rectangles with a point?The non-pointy sides are also sloped. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#/media/File%3AShogi_Koma_Ryoko.jpgTrue. Shogi is played with chess clocks but from what I know about Go, it doesn't make much sense but I might be wrong tho.
Aren't the pieces normally rectangles with a point?The non-pointy sides are also sloped. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#/media/File%3AShogi_Koma_Ryoko.jpg
The non-pointy sides are also sloped. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#/media/File%3AShogi_Koma_Ryoko.jpg
True. Shogi is played with chess clocks but from what I know about Go, it doesn't make much sense but I might be wrong tho.
If go is "round chess", I feel like chess should be "pointy chess".
I want to have a go at the round chess, too!
Round chess is hard. But fun.
The wild thing about this is that Shogi would make a much more reasonable middle picture than Go.
Chinese chess is round chess. Shogi is pointy chess. Chess is icon chess.
Aren't the pieces normally rectangles with a point?
The non-pointy sides are also sloped. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#/media/File%3AShogi_Koma_Ryoko.jpg
True. Shogi is played with chess clocks but from what I know about Go, it doesn't make much sense but I might be wrong tho.
Annoyed they left out pentagonal chess
True. Subtle Japanophobia is verywhere
If go is "round chess" what's stop?
Square baduk