Bob Greenwade wrote on Mon, Feb 12, 2024 07:56 PM UTC:
209. Tapir. This is an entirely experimental piece; I really have no take on how useful it would be, except that it'd really only be useful on a very large board (if then). Its original inspiration came from the animal itself, an ungulate that's born with stripes but loses them by adulthood.
For its adulthood, I thought to have the piece leap like an Antelope (3,4) or Bharal (2,5) (the latter being an at-the-time recent invention of my own). Since it only has its stripes when it's young, I thought that coule be represented by an intial Zebra's (2,3) leap. (NYAXiZ)
Even if it's not of much interest in itself, perhaps having it here can inspire others to devise pieces that similarly have special moves representing their young.
I actually would've posted the piece long before now, but I was trying to figure out a good 3D model for it. I came up with this instead.
209. Tapir. This is an entirely experimental piece; I really have no take on how useful it would be, except that it'd really only be useful on a very large board (if then). Its original inspiration came from the animal itself, an ungulate that's born with stripes but loses them by adulthood.
For its adulthood, I thought to have the piece leap like an Antelope (3,4) or Bharal (2,5) (the latter being an at-the-time recent invention of my own). Since it only has its stripes when it's young, I thought that coule be represented by an intial Zebra's (2,3) leap. (NYAXiZ)
Even if it's not of much interest in itself, perhaps having it here can inspire others to devise pieces that similarly have special moves representing their young.
I actually would've posted the piece long before now, but I was trying to figure out a good 3D model for it. I came up with this instead.