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Chinese Chess can be intimidating game for people who don't read Chinese. This set was designed with icons that would be easy for western players to learn. The shape of traditional pices was preserved to allow for playing common variations like Banqi (dark/half chess). How to play Banqi with these pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-SeLPSRVKc
This set was updated for mutli-matieral printers. If you do not have a mutli-material printer, you just print the main part and put a little paint in the recesses and that'll work just fine.
The provided board is half a Chinese Chess board fitted to print on 8 1/2x11 paper. Print 2 and tape the together to play the full game or print one to play Banqi. (I play a lot of Banqi.)
The author hasn't provided the model origin yet.