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Roberto Lavieri wrote on Thu, Dec 9, 2004 10:43 PM UTC:
I can´t give a good reason on why the game play seems to be better in Altair than in Achernar, but I can point out that Altair´s pieces are weaker than Achernar´s. Altair is the precursor, and it was the first 'playable' game in which I introduced the Reducer. In Altair, power density is less than in Achernar, but some pieces are somewhat exotic. Mages are not my creation, of course. Griphon or Mage is a piece that has been used in many games, including a couple of historical old Chess variants. Mage works very well with Maxima pieces, and with Altair pieces. I don´t know the reason, but this piece does not work as well in like-Fide-Chess games, i.e., games with Rooks, Knights and Bishops (can anybody explain this fact?. I can´t), and in these like-FIDE-Chess games it is sometimes an incomodiuos powerful piece, difficult to maneuver in a good manner, as I have seen in a few experimantal games. I have been tempted to make a preset for Altair, but I´m not sure I´m going to find people who wants to play this strange game, and it has discouraged me for making the Preset.

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