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H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Jun 9, 2023 08:43 AM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from Thu Jun 8 06:19 PM:

Since nothing's been said about the new icons on the Setup board, I think I'll assume that they're fine, and start updating the move illustrations as soon as we iron out the Archer, Lancer, and Tank.

Well, that is a bit of a rash conclusion. I did remark on the choice of the images in a more general way initially, and saw no need to repeat that. E.g. you use a symbol that obviously depicts and is commonly used for Crowned Rook as a Chancellor. While there does exist an image in the set you are using for Chancellor.

For the Princess you use a symbol that has no strong association to any piece, and you might argue that this is justified because it is not an ordinary BN compound, but a potential successor of the Queen. But that is just a minor detail, and I think the advantage of readers immediately recognizing the piece as a BN compound by looking at the setup diagram would far exceed the convenience of a reminder that it might be upgraded to Queen at some point during the game. So I still count it as a disservice to the reader that you don't use the image that is commonly used to depict a BN.

The verbal description of the Archer would have been clearer if you would have said "can slide up to two squares diagonally, but also jump directly to the second square for a capture.

Note that you would have to adapt the Lion's move diagram for the new move, where all destinations in the second ring are now jumps, and the adjacent squares would deserve some special smbol (a star?) to indicate that it cannot just move there, but also continue after capture.


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