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Xiangqi (en.wikipedia.org)

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Xiangqi (/ˈʃɑːŋtʃi/; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. Xiangqi is in the same family of games as shogi, janggi, Western chess, chaturanga, and Indian chess. Besides China and areas with significant ethnic Chinese communities, this game is also a popular pastime in Vietnam, where it is known as cờ tướng, literally 'General's chess', in contrast with Western chess or cờ vua, literally 'King's chess'.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

in "quartier asiatique" I've seen people doing that with dominos, but never this game. As a "homo ludens", i should have heard about this game a long time ago 🙈

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

game on!

the book sounds good, thanks I've never heard of the phrase or book before.