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Stone Garden Chess. The animal statues in the stone garden came to life and attacked the two rival kings! With the help of a policeman each, they…. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Apr 15, 2023 04:55 AM UTC:

That is exactly how I feel when I see an article that uses the Abstract set...

But this is a matter of taste, and therefore I don't think this is valid criticism. None of the pieces in this variant is orthodox, or even commonly used in other Chess variants, so recognizability is not an issue. The images used here are well distinguishable. Better than in some piece sets (such as Galactic). So there doesn't seem to be any objective reason for not using these pieces.