Nope. Germans will annihilate England: license problem, no graphics in Open Shen and the little I have read chapter 17 types don't convince me.

That said, unlike most people, I like Mark Tarver very much. I suppose it is also a question of similar ages.

Shen, with the book, is probably the best language to learn its inner workings, but I'm not interested in that, neither time nor talent for it.