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Check out Janggi (Korean Chess), our featured variant for December, 2024.
Check out Janggi (Korean Chess), our featured variant for December, 2024.
Ironically, the Ghost is something that (in terms of the physical design) I'm going to need to re-do; that one really is 2 objects from Thingiverse assembled in Tinkercad (or it was, before I re-did the base; I still need to figure out how to do the body).
And of course I'm aware of the historical status of animal-named pieces; the Camel, Zebra, a Giraffe, at least, are pretty well-established, and people have at least ridden camels into battle. I just rather wish there was less reliance on animal names; I still have to work to wrap my mind around a Knight being taken down by a Squirrel (at least, outside Marvel Comics).
But I'll roll with it; after all, real bishops don't often walk diagonally. The Gerfod and Anvil are part of my effort to lean into the absurdity of it, remembering that this is really a game more about geometry, mathematics, and strategy than about war.
Regardless, I'll still post these pieces, and sparking discussions like this one is part of what makes it worthwhile. Most of them are set to go into into one of my variants (meaning they're part of one in my brain, but not yet submitted), if they're not already. Others serve other purposes; hopefully there was some laughter at the Anvil and the Kimono Dragon -- and I'm even getting the early part of an idea for a game featuring the latter. And maybe someone will stumble on one of the pieces and decide that it fills a need in a variant they're contemplating.
PS: I just got done adjusting the pair of pieces for this weekend, to increase the diameter dfference between top and bottom. They both look tons better. I may need to do a bit more trimming (y'all can let me know when you see them), but I like that result.