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Delta88 Chess. Chess on a Trigonal Board. (11x8, Cells: 88) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Joe Joyce wrote on Sun, Aug 26, 2007 03:43 AM UTC:

Excellent concept game; very, very pretty, nicely evolved. I think the board is crying out for a larger piece set, though. [Amazingly, I have a few ideas! :-) ] Gotta see how it plays before I can rate it. The rooks, excuse me, towers, look a bit overwhelming. The pawns are excellent. Your 'queen' seems to be an absolutely necessary power piece [but I might change the name - certainly not the piece] as a counterbalance to the tower. 

Number of squares attacked from your movement diagrams; and then divided by 3 [and rounded], and then your values:
Tower - 37; 12; 10
Queen - 36; 12; 12
Spire - 19;  6;  6
Bishop - 18; 6;  5
both kNights - 9; 3; 3
and the King - 12; 4; not rated by you
Question: why are the Tower and Bishop apparently downgraded? Okay, the Bishop is colorbound, but the Tower isn't and the Queen almost is.