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Penturanga. Chaturanga on a board with 46 pentagonal cells. (8x5, Cells: 46) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Gary Gifford wrote on Sun, Dec 2, 2007 04:04 PM UTC:

At first I thought Graeme was correct when he stated, 'The board is constructed from 46 convex pentagons.' Because it is, you can see them and count them - and they are contained within hexagons (3 per hexagon and then 4 pentagons at each corner.)

But I re-read Charles Gilman's comment and I see that he is also correct in his observation because in looking at a cell's mechanics it does function as a hexagon. Bending out the long edge with a point where the line meets at the center will give you the hexagon in appearance (without the bend it remains a hexagon in function. R Wayne Schmittberger had demonstrated how circular cells can also end up making hexagons... Anyway, it is a clever idea.

The game looks very nice but I'd need to play it before rating it.

The piece graphics are from a Chinese Chess program I've seen. And so I think that program should be credited for the use of their graphics.

In closing, the board is very clever and the piece movements should allow for an interesting game.