Iconic Pieces for Chinese and Korean Chess
If you don't know Chinese, it can be hard getting used to the pieces
Zillions of Games normally uses for Chinese and Korean Chess. I found
a file with images for iconic Chinese chess pieces, and I meticulously
transformed these images into an attractive set of pieces for playing
Chinese or Korean chess with Zillions of Games. The zrf files I've
included are simply the zrf files for Chinese and Korean chess with
all the pieces set to the new images. The images have the same names
as the originals but are initially in a separate directory. This will
let you try them out without replacing the old images. If you decide
that you like them better than the Chinese character images, you may
copy them over the original images in the images/Chinese_Chess
directory.
The file I got the images from is an Adobe Acrobat file called "The
Really Cheap Xiang Qi/Tjyang Keui Set." Its author is Daniel Kian
McKiernan, and he has given me permission to make these pieces
available as freeware. You will find his articles on Chinese and
Korean chess at http://132.239.206.10/~dmckiern/_other.htm.
Fergus Duniho
http://Duniho.Fergus.com/
These files require the Windows program "Zillions of Games." Zillions
of Games allows you to play any number of games against the computer
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