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Bob Greenwade wrote on Mon, Feb 5, 2024 03:59 PM UTC:

202. Tressym. Back in August, I featured a pair of pieces I'd called Owl and Pussycat, a rotary pair from my Fifth Circle group. But what would happen if these two were combined?

By sheer coincidence, in the Forgotten Realms TTRPG (or, more accurately, the Forgotten Realms setting for Dungeons & Dragons), there actually is a creature called a tressym, which is basically a cat with owl's wings.

As a refresher, the Owl can move one space orthogonally, or leap to any of the four spaces diagonally from that space, while the Pussycat can move one space diagonally, or leap to any of the four spaces orthogonally from that space. The Tressym does both. (KNCZNYFXZYNX)

This is similar to a certain compound bent slider whose name escapes me at the moment (though I'm sure someone will come up with it within the hour); but while its distance is limited, it makes up for that by leaping instead of sliding. That makes it quite formidable -- on the 12x12 board shown here, it can reach more than half the spaces. I'd only use it on a board of 16x16 or larger.

As for the model, I'm pretty happy with it, except that maybe the wings could be smaller.


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