My thoughts on the Pasha and offshoots is starting to take shape. I've taken the basis that while two or even three components can make do with a composite name in the Alibaba and Waffle mould, four is stretching it a bit. In particular a one- and two-step move in each of two directions deserves something more distinctive. Looking at the names that seemed to fit the theme I found that 6 were men of substantial temporal power, 3 men of primarily religious power, and 1 with not much official power at all. So I decided to give the first 6 to pieces with orthogonal moves, the next 34 to pieces with no orthogonal but some root-2 diagonal moves, ad the last to one with neither. This is what I have devised so far, describing each piece as coprime plus non-coprime. Some pieces have six simple components and are marked *. The square board has of course only Prince+Alibaba=PASHA. Both cubic and hex boards have Duke+Dybbuk=SHEIKH - so let's see the /honeycomb update posted! Cubic boards further add Baron+Elk=IMAM, and Archduke+Alibuck=SULTAN*. For hex-prism pieces I reserve names that are more obscure or specialised. These include Marquis+Dadaist=EFFENDI, Landlord+Alderman=MULLAH, Bellman+Frunkard=DRAGOMAN, Premier+Addax=EMIR*, Revolutionary+Dadbuck=KHAN*, and Loyalist+Oldbuck=AYATOLLAH*. In the Man and Beast series the first 4 would displace Kinbaba/Dubbuck/Barlock/Embuck here, and the rest even more obscure names here. These names would then be a springboard for prefixing to name pieces adding still further one- or two-step moves.
Now before I go ahead I need to sort out what to call their forward-only versions. It would be doing only half the job if a forward-only Sultan remained a Kinchick! I have a provisional idea for a series of names all starting with Co but forming real words (the likes of Companion and Confidant), but have yet to settle on a final list, so I would be happy to read any alternative ideas. If anyone cxan rthink of an improvement for my ten names for the symmetric pieces I would also be open to suggestions.
My thoughts on the Pasha and offshoots is starting to take shape. I've taken the basis that while two or even three components can make do with a composite name in the Alibaba and Waffle mould, four is stretching it a bit. In particular a one- and two-step move in each of two directions deserves something more distinctive. Looking at the names that seemed to fit the theme I found that 6 were men of substantial temporal power, 3 men of primarily religious power, and 1 with not much official power at all. So I decided to give the first 6 to pieces with orthogonal moves, the next 34 to pieces with no orthogonal but some root-2 diagonal moves, ad the last to one with neither. This is what I have devised so far, describing each piece as coprime plus non-coprime. Some pieces have six simple components and are marked *. The square board has of course only Prince+Alibaba=PASHA. Both cubic and hex boards have Duke+Dybbuk=SHEIKH - so let's see the /honeycomb update posted! Cubic boards further add Baron+Elk=IMAM, and Archduke+Alibuck=SULTAN*. For hex-prism pieces I reserve names that are more obscure or specialised. These include Marquis+Dadaist=EFFENDI, Landlord+Alderman=MULLAH, Bellman+Frunkard=DRAGOMAN, Premier+Addax=EMIR*, Revolutionary+Dadbuck=KHAN*, and Loyalist+Oldbuck=AYATOLLAH*. In the Man and Beast series the first 4 would displace Kinbaba/Dubbuck/Barlock/Embuck here, and the rest even more obscure names here. These names would then be a springboard for prefixing to name pieces adding still further one- or two-step moves.
Now before I go ahead I need to sort out what to call their forward-only versions. It would be doing only half the job if a forward-only Sultan remained a Kinchick! I have a provisional idea for a series of names all starting with Co but forming real words (the likes of Companion and Confidant), but have yet to settle on a final list, so I would be happy to read any alternative ideas. If anyone cxan rthink of an improvement for my ten names for the symmetric pieces I would also be open to suggestions.