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Pancake. A piece that moves and captures like a non-royal King or a Nightrider-style cannon.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

John Lawson wrote on Wed, Jan 22, 2003 04:12 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

In the original concept of the Pizza Kings, the Meatball (Queen) was a
WFDAN.  This was, in practice, too strong, and I weakened it to a WFDAfN,
which seemed to be just right for that army.  (This was one of those cases
where the theme had to yield.)
Also, I've lately been playing Exchess, which includes a piece (Veteran)
whose movement is K+N.  On an 8x8 board, I find it to be almost as useful
as a major piece (Q, B+N, or R+N), and if you can get it across the board,
it is excellent at supporting threats by the more long-range pieces.  I
would expect a Pancake to be similar in strength.
Since we now have the Bakery Bombers, as well as the Pizza Kings as CWDA
experimental armies, maybe players' appetites have been whetted for the
other armies I suggested, the Beer Batterers and the Avenging Appetizers.