Bob Greenwade wrote on Fri, Nov 17, 2023 03:50 PM UTC:
122. Hyrax. A hyrax is an order of mammals living in Africa, looking like very large rodents but actually more closely related to elephants.* I don't recall my thinking at the time I created the piece, but it did seem like a good candidate to be the rotary counterpart of yesterday's Caracal, combining the moves of the Wazir, Knight, and Zebra. (WNZ)
As a colorswitching piece, it's probably slightly less powerful than the Caracal, but I still made them both the same height.
Given their move combinations, I imagine that the Caracal and Hyrax could also be the Wizard Knight and Sorcerer Knight (respectively), with completely different piece designs and icons. I only wish that I had such piece designs, but that thought only occurred to me about ten minutes ago.
122. Hyrax. A hyrax is an order of mammals living in Africa, looking like very large rodents but actually more closely related to elephants.* I don't recall my thinking at the time I created the piece, but it did seem like a good candidate to be the rotary counterpart of yesterday's Caracal, combining the moves of the Wazir, Knight, and Zebra. (WNZ)
As a colorswitching piece, it's probably slightly less powerful than the Caracal, but I still made them both the same height.
Given their move combinations, I imagine that the Caracal and Hyrax could also be the Wizard Knight and Sorcerer Knight (respectively), with completely different piece designs and icons. I only wish that I had such piece designs, but that thought only occurred to me about ten minutes ago.
*See? Chess can be educational!