Bob Greenwade wrote on Tue, Jan 9, 2024 03:54 PM UTC:
175. Luna Pawn. Somewhere along all this, Hirosi Kano brought this piece to my attention. I've been certain of its presence in a game of his called Luna Chess, but now I can find neither the game nor any other reference to the piece. Still, Hirosi deserves credit for either inventing or discovering it. I really like it; it'd be very welcome in a largish moon-themed variant.
The Luna Pawn moves without capture one space directly forward or backward, and can capture not only into the spaces diagonally forward, but also a Camel's (1,3) leap forward. (cvWmfFmffC)
This is (obviously) somewhat more powerful than a standard Pawn, especially with the Camel captures. It'd cause chaos on a normal-sized 8x8 board, but on a larger board (12x12 and up) I think the impact would be less. And I do think it would make for a very interesting dynamic.
175. Luna Pawn. Somewhere along all this, Hirosi Kano brought this piece to my attention. I've been certain of its presence in a game of his called Luna Chess, but now I can find neither the game nor any other reference to the piece. Still, Hirosi deserves credit for either inventing or discovering it. I really like it; it'd be very welcome in a largish moon-themed variant.
The Luna Pawn moves without capture one space directly forward or backward, and can capture not only into the spaces diagonally forward, but also a Camel's (1,3) leap forward. (cvWmfFmffC)
This is (obviously) somewhat more powerful than a standard Pawn, especially with the Camel captures. It'd cause chaos on a normal-sized 8x8 board, but on a larger board (12x12 and up) I think the impact would be less. And I do think it would make for a very interesting dynamic.