Bob Greenwade wrote on Sat, Jan 20, 2024 05:24 PM UTC:
186. Rhinoceros and 187. Gryffon. This is a pair that, despite being fairly familiar to most chess variant aficionados, I repeatedly get confused; after Jean-Louis caught that error on my Thingiverse page, I decided to post them here so they'd be a bit more set in stone.*
The Rhinoceros (more recently renamed Manticore) moves one step orthogonally, and then proceeds diagonally outward, sliding like a Bishop.
The Gryffon (I prefer that spelling for the piece, and "griffin" for the creature) starts with moving one space diagonally, and then proceeds sliding orthogonally like a Rook.
(Not the other way around, Bob. Remember that.)
There's some division on whether these pieces can stop after making just the first step. To my mind, they normally can, though it's completely legitimate to have a "Ski-Rhino" and/or "Ski-Gryffon" if that's what you like. I even designed separate pieces for those versions.
As a side note, the name "Aanca" has been applied to both of these pieces, creating enough confusion that I refuse to use it on either.
*Actually, to use a phrase that a friend of mine used to use, they're more like "set in iron" -- not easily changed, but still possible with a good argument.
186. Rhinoceros and 187. Gryffon. This is a pair that, despite being fairly familiar to most chess variant aficionados, I repeatedly get confused; after Jean-Louis caught that error on my Thingiverse page, I decided to post them here so they'd be a bit more set in stone.*
The Rhinoceros (more recently renamed Manticore) moves one step orthogonally, and then proceeds diagonally outward, sliding like a Bishop.
The Gryffon (I prefer that spelling for the piece, and "griffin" for the creature) starts with moving one space diagonally, and then proceeds sliding orthogonally like a Rook.
(Not the other way around, Bob. Remember that.)
There's some division on whether these pieces can stop after making just the first step. To my mind, they normally can, though it's completely legitimate to have a "Ski-Rhino" and/or "Ski-Gryffon" if that's what you like. I even designed separate pieces for those versions.
As a side note, the name "Aanca" has been applied to both of these pieces, creating enough confusion that I refuse to use it on either.
*Actually, to use a phrase that a friend of mine used to use, they're more like "set in iron" -- not easily changed, but still possible with a good argument.