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Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, May 21, 2021 06:44 PM UTC in reply to Jörg Knappen from 05:57 PM:

Ah yes, you are right, I mixed it up. It were all the other Nightriders that needed to distinguish left and right turns; the Quintessence has both. In Nachtmahr I got that right. I fixed it now.

BTW, these 'wide' pieces with their very long, folded trajectories gave me crazy idea: what if there was a piece with a trajectory that would cover the entire board? E.g. sliding along a path that wrapped around it like a spiral:

24  9 10 11 12
23  8  1  2 13
22  7  X  3 14
21  6  5  4 15
20 19 18 17 16

To keep it somewhat symmetric it could also wrap anti-clockwise.