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@ Bob Greenwade[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Fri, Aug 4, 2023 02:42 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 01:59 PM:

I think it would in general be beter to use the conventional figures and symbols of the unlimited-range version for pieces that have a limited, but not very small range. These are not likely to appear in the same variant. (I would consider that an extremely poor design.)

That may be good advice. I did something a little different for tomorrow's piece, but I'll consider what you say for future additions. (This would give the Archbishop for the Abbot, and the Chancellor for the Castellan -- not horrible choices overall.)

I could see where Archbishop and Abbot, or Chancellor and Castellan, might show up in the same game -- not on an 8x8 or 10x10 board (unless it's CWDA or Pick-a-Team), but possibly for something on 12x12 to 16x16. Or, someone could let the Abbot promote to Archbishop and/or the Castellan promote to Chancellor. (I do wish the Board Painter had ways of modifying symbols besides rotation and Rider marks -- they're good, but not always adequate.) To that end, perhaps using the same symbol but rotating 45 degrees counterclockwise?