Bob Greenwade wrote on Mon, Jan 1, 2024 07:11 PM UTC:
167. Dagger. It's been a long while since I featured a piece meant for my (eventual) Clue-based variant. The Hangman (Rope) was one of my earliest (actually #10 even though it says #11) and the Gunman (Revolver) came a bit later (at #51), while Poison (one of the "extended game" weapons) came in between (#25).
The Dagger -- called that in the UK's Cluedo, while in the US's Clue the weapon is called Knife -- is one of the six original weapons of the game. In chess, there's even a history of daggers appearing, though not with any consistent move that I can find. My inclination is to let it move without capture two squares in any direction, or one square with an "advance capture" (rifle capture in the same direction) to the second. (mK2mafcabK)
Any comments regarding the move will be taken seriously, especially if I got the XBetza wrong or if another game has a more appropriate move. (And my apologies for the diagram above not quite matching the description.)
And while I'm on the topic, I did make an improved version of the Hangman/Rope/Noose:
167. Dagger. It's been a long while since I featured a piece meant for my (eventual) Clue-based variant. The Hangman (Rope) was one of my earliest (actually #10 even though it says #11) and the Gunman (Revolver) came a bit later (at #51), while Poison (one of the "extended game" weapons) came in between (#25).
The Dagger -- called that in the UK's Cluedo, while in the US's Clue the weapon is called Knife -- is one of the six original weapons of the game. In chess, there's even a history of daggers appearing, though not with any consistent move that I can find. My inclination is to let it move without capture two squares in any direction, or one square with an "advance capture" (rifle capture in the same direction) to the second. (mK2mafcabK)
Any comments regarding the move will be taken seriously, especially if I got the XBetza wrong or if another game has a more appropriate move. (And my apologies for the diagram above not quite matching the description.)
And while I'm on the topic, I did make an improved version of the Hangman/Rope/Noose: