Bob Greenwade wrote on Sat, Feb 10, 2024 04:53 PM UTC:
207. Moose and 208. Squirrel. The Moose is something that I only recently learned about, and while I'm not generally excited about Grasshopper-type pieces I do find this one surprisingly interesting. Like the Grasshopper, the Moose slides like a Queen, then reaches an obstacle and jumps over it to land on the first square beyond. In the Moose's case, on the space where the obstacle sits the Moose takes a 45° turn. (pyafsQ)
The diagram shows how the Moose could move relative to the three Pawns; it cannot move except to the six spaces marked by dots.
For the piece model, I decided to go with something that was very basic but easily recognizable.
The Squirrel is a much more familiar piece, able to jump to any space exactly two squares away. (NS)*
And for some reason, it just seems natural that the two pieces should be paired together like this.
*Traditionally, it's been DNA (or whatever ordering of those three letters is preferred at the moment), but H.G.'s recent addition of S as shorthand for D + A means that NS (or SN) will do the same thing.
207. Moose and 208. Squirrel. The Moose is something that I only recently learned about, and while I'm not generally excited about Grasshopper-type pieces I do find this one surprisingly interesting. Like the Grasshopper, the Moose slides like a Queen, then reaches an obstacle and jumps over it to land on the first square beyond. In the Moose's case, on the space where the obstacle sits the Moose takes a 45° turn. (pyafsQ)
The diagram shows how the Moose could move relative to the three Pawns; it cannot move except to the six spaces marked by dots.
For the piece model, I decided to go with something that was very basic but easily recognizable.
The Squirrel is a much more familiar piece, able to jump to any space exactly two squares away. (NS)*
And for some reason, it just seems natural that the two pieces should be paired together like this.
*Traditionally, it's been DNA (or whatever ordering of those three letters is preferred at the moment), but H.G.'s recent addition of S as shorthand for D + A means that NS (or SN) will do the same thing.