i am totally in favor of the original pieces for shogi and xiangqi and changgi. Xiangqi and changgi are the same 2 characters, the Koreans just pronounce Chinese characters differently than the Chinese do. If you need a legend graphic, maybe that would do the trick for those who find the characters unintelligible. THink about it, if you do enjoy this game on brainking and ever have the opportunity to play in real life, wouldn't it be a shame that you couldn't, because even if you knew the rules you wouldn't recognize the REAL pieces?? Korean and Chinese chess use the same pieces, so if we get one on BK, we will definitely get the other, very easy promgramming feat.