Bob Greenwade wrote on Thu, Apr 11, 2024 05:15 PM UTC:
268. Baseball Bat (Hitter, Slugger, Bat). This is the last of the Clue-related pieces that I'll be posting. Within the next couple of days I'll bring together all five of the pieces that I'm considering for use in Clue Chess, including this one, for comparison with each other and the seven that I've settled on.
Since this piece is a Baseball Bat, I thought that some sort of baseball-related move would be appropriate. Therefore, the Baseball Bat can step up to two spaces diagonally, then turns left and goes two more spaces, and then repeats the process twice more. This lets it approximate the move of a runner going around a baseball diamond, which is reinforced by the fact that it can only capture at the corners. To keep it from becoming colorbound, the Baseball Bat also can move without capture one space orthogonally. (m(afal)3Fn(aln)3AmW)
On a large board -- 12x12 at a minimum (the Clue Chess board will be 25x25) -- the Baseball Bat can also rifle-capture on the "Root-65 leap" move given to the Bat (as an animal) in some games. This is a leap of (1,8) or (7,4). (m(afal)3Fn(aln)3AmWcabNXXcabAXY)
As I inidicated at the start, alternate names for this can include Hitter, Slugger, or just Bat.
268. Baseball Bat (Hitter, Slugger, Bat). This is the last of the Clue-related pieces that I'll be posting. Within the next couple of days I'll bring together all five of the pieces that I'm considering for use in Clue Chess, including this one, for comparison with each other and the seven that I've settled on.
Since this piece is a Baseball Bat, I thought that some sort of baseball-related move would be appropriate. Therefore, the Baseball Bat can step up to two spaces diagonally, then turns left and goes two more spaces, and then repeats the process twice more. This lets it approximate the move of a runner going around a baseball diamond, which is reinforced by the fact that it can only capture at the corners. To keep it from becoming colorbound, the Baseball Bat also can move without capture one space orthogonally. (m(afal)3Fn(aln)3AmW)
On a large board -- 12x12 at a minimum (the Clue Chess board will be 25x25) -- the Baseball Bat can also rifle-capture on the "Root-65 leap" move given to the Bat (as an animal) in some games. This is a leap of (1,8) or (7,4). (m(afal)3Fn(aln)3AmWcabNXXcabAXY)
As I inidicated at the start, alternate names for this can include Hitter, Slugger, or just Bat.