Bob Greenwade wrote on Fri, Jan 5, 2024 03:39 PM UTC:
171. Astronomer. A rotary counterpart to the Astrologer, this piece is probably more familiar as a Star. While that's not a horrible name by any stretch, I think that Astronomer is more fitting; changing a Bishop's move to a Rook's changes a piece from ecumenical/spiritual to secular, and an astronomer is a secular counterpart to an astrologer.
The basic move is, of course, a Camel's (1,3) leap, optionally followed by a Rook's orthogonal slide away. ([C?R])
This is another piece that would be more comfortable on a larger board than a smaller one.
The model is supposed to be a non-proportional representation of an observatory.
It occurred to me late yesterday that it wouldn't hurt to make a Star model as an alternate form, and I'll probably do that some time today.
171. Astronomer. A rotary counterpart to the Astrologer, this piece is probably more familiar as a Star. While that's not a horrible name by any stretch, I think that Astronomer is more fitting; changing a Bishop's move to a Rook's changes a piece from ecumenical/spiritual to secular, and an astronomer is a secular counterpart to an astrologer.
The basic move is, of course, a Camel's (1,3) leap, optionally followed by a Rook's orthogonal slide away. ([C?R])
This is another piece that would be more comfortable on a larger board than a smaller one.
The model is supposed to be a non-proportional representation of an observatory.
It occurred to me late yesterday that it wouldn't hurt to make a Star model as an alternate form, and I'll probably do that some time today.