Here is my Chinese Chess set. I stuck vinyl letters above the Chinese characters to help me remember the pieces.

K = King (General)

S = Counsellor (also known as Advisor or Guard)

C = Cannon

M = Minister (also known as Elephant, and sometimes given as Bishop)

N = Knight (Horse)

P = Pawn (Soldier)

R = Rook (also known as Chariot)

I must confess to spending some money in making the board. I designed the board using Mac Draw Pro, saved the design on disk and took the disk to a sign-making shop. I had them make a board out of vinyl, so I could roll it up and store it in a mailing tube. I could have just printed out the design and had it enlarged and laminated at Kinko's, but I really like this game and wanted a more permanent board.

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