Bob Greenwade wrote on Fri, Oct 27, 2023 02:21 PM UTC:
102. East Wind. It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that, if yesterday's piece was the West Wind, today's would be the East Wind. In Adrian King's original take, the East Wind's moves to the right are a single orthogonal step or a (1,3) leap, but I prefer symmetry, so I use the mirror of the West Wind. (lRlBvW3rN)
These are pieces that I could see on a large-board game (especially 16x16), set a couple of spaces in from their respective sides. The asymmetry of their individual moves give a shogi-like quality (which I'm pretty sure was Mr. King's intent), while mutual symmetry gives them some strength among some of the more powerful variant chess pieces.
And of course the physical piece design is also a mirror image of the West.
102. East Wind. It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that, if yesterday's piece was the West Wind, today's would be the East Wind. In Adrian King's original take, the East Wind's moves to the right are a single orthogonal step or a (1,3) leap, but I prefer symmetry, so I use the mirror of the West Wind. (lRlBvW3rN)
These are pieces that I could see on a large-board game (especially 16x16), set a couple of spaces in from their respective sides. The asymmetry of their individual moves give a shogi-like quality (which I'm pretty sure was Mr. King's intent), while mutual symmetry gives them some strength among some of the more powerful variant chess pieces.
And of course the physical piece design is also a mirror image of the West.