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Buypoint Chess. Buy your fighting force - each piece costs a number of points.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
AndR wrote on Mon, Jul 18, 2011 11:38 PM UTC:
This is an intriguing idea.  I notice that some of my favorite fairy chess
pieces are missing, and I'm not sure how they would rate in terms of
value.  Looking through some of Ralph's pages, I haven't seen these
pieces featured at all.  This is something I'm curious about anyway,
whether or not I would apply it to some variation of Buypoint Chess.

In particular, I'm wondering about:

* The Gnu a.k.a. Wildebeest (Knight+Camel)
* The Gazelle (Knight+Zebra)
* The Bison (Camel+Zebra)
* The Buffalo (Knight+Camel+Zebra)
* The Omega Chess Wizard (Ferz+Camel, colorbound)
* The Panda a.k.a. Slip Rook