go or shogi?

ramsies11 · 08-24-2008, 05:03 PM

which do you like better,go or shogi?

Knots101 · 08-24-2008, 06:34 PM

never played either

ramsies11 · 08-24-2008, 06:36 PM

well atleast wich do you think sounds better?

AM.PM · 08-24-2008, 08:43 PM

I think shogi sounds better then go. Go is only 2 letters but shogi has 5 atleast.

ramsies11 · 08-24-2008, 09:13 PM

lol
nobody knows what they are
and go is winning!

Davros · 08-25-2008, 04:45 AM

No idea. "Shogi" sounds funnier though.

ramsies11 · 08-25-2008, 08:20 AM

go is a japanese style of checkers
shogi is a japanese style of chess

kandou · 08-26-2008, 03:03 AM

Go is probably the best abstract strategy game in the world.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramsies11

go is a japanese style of checkers

...No, no it isn't.

Go isn't a checkers game. For a start, there's no movement in Go, you're dropping stones only.

A brief description, then: It's a game of territory control, and has deceptively simple rules. You play on a board consisting of 18x18 squares, taking it in turns to drop stones onto the intersections of the lines (so there are 19*19 places you can drop a stone), the aim is to surround your opponant's stones and thus take them, which scores you one point per stone, and surround as large a body of empty spaces as you can, which scores you one point per space. The game continues until both players pass the opportunity to take a turn.

Full rules can be found at http://www.britgo.org/intro/intro2.html

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shogi is a japanese style of chess

This description is more or less accurate. An important distinction between FIDE chess and Shogi is that in Shogi, like in you can drop captured pieces onto your side of the board as your own piece, and it isn't just pawns that can promote.

http://www.chessvariants.org/shogi.html has info on how to actually play it.

ramsies11 · 08-26-2008, 06:34 AM

.........smart-ass
i know the rules of go you dont have to explain them

kandou · 08-26-2008, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramsies11

.........smart-ass
i know the rules of go you dont have to explain them

I wasn't explaining them to you, I was explaining them to the many who've posted in this thread who don't.

...While pointing out that it's almost entirely nothing like checkers.

Honestly - no attack on you was intended.

ramsies11 · 08-26-2008, 02:16 PM

shogi is a japanese style of chess
go is like checkers only the stones dont move

kandou · 08-26-2008, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramsies11

shogi is a japanese style of chess
go is like checkers only the stones dont move

Except, you know, pretty much nothing like checkers. At all.

ramsies11 · 08-26-2008, 05:40 PM

i am about to kill a certain smart-ass
and yes it is!
look the generic term for go is japanese checkers....atleast in america
and the stones are round like checkers are!so ha!

kandou · 08-27-2008, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramsies11

i am about to kill a certain smart-ass

I'm not being a smartarse.

Quote:

and yes it is!
look the generic term for go is japanese checkers....atleast in america
and the stones are round like checkers are!so ha!

Go is a game of territory control. Checkers is a game of power projection (like chess is, actually).

Davros · 08-28-2008, 05:20 AM

Why are we arguing over frigging Chess/Checkers?

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