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Penturanga. Chaturanga on a board with 46 pentagonal cells. (8x5, Cells: 46) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Graeme Neatham wrote on Mon, Dec 3, 2007 04:52 AM UTC:

'Topological equivalence also does not lead to equivalence in game-mechanics.'

Create a piece whose move is defined as:

a series of steps away from the starting cell exiting each cell via a short side.

Such a piece can be moved on the Penturanga board but not on the topologically equivalent hex-board.

'...the fact remains that Penturanga is just a funny-looking hexagonal chess variant.'

I'm afraid that is not a fact, it is, like mine, just an opinion - so may we just agree to differ?

Cheers
Graeme