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#1 Dasherman

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Posted 20 November 2012 - 10:58 AM

Because normal chess is too mainstream!
Anyone else able to play this (preferably with an android phone so I can challenge you)?
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 11:13 AM

Download Action Chinese for Android and we can play, I'll teach you.
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 12:05 PM

Sorry, no smartphone

and I'm more of a Go player.

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 03:48 PM

Ow, I have played Go a couple of times.
Never been any good at it though.
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 09:33 PM

Because normal chess is too mainstream!

I love it :(

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Posted 22 November 2012 - 07:49 AM

I love it :(


You'd love the Chinese version more.
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 02:51 PM

I just looked this up in the app store. I have no idea what's going on.
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 03:39 PM

Look up the movement of the pieces on wikipedia and just tap the pieces to see where they can go.
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 10:46 PM

Oh god I haven't played Xiangqi in years >.> Wonder if there's a WP7 version. To the app store!

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Posted 23 November 2012 - 11:12 AM

Ow, I have played Go a couple of times.
Never been any good at it though.


Nobody is, it's one of those games with an impossibly high skill ceiling.

Handicaps are a natural part of Go.

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Posted 23 November 2012 - 11:36 AM

Oh god I haven't played Xiangqi in years >.> Wonder if there's a WP7 version. To the app store!


I hadn't played it for about 10 years, until yesterday.
Now I remember why I liked it more than chess.
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