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Onslaught. Several pieces can capture only on the enemy half, favoring attack. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Jan 27 07:04 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 05:01 PM:

Because this is merely a 12x12 variant I cannot fit every 8-target leaper known to mankind. There also is a limit on how much the attacker should be favored over a defender; if attacking is too easy white's initial-move advantage gets too large. I left out the War Machine because I did not like that the rider move it would have in analogy with the Elephant would only go onto the enemy half in one direction. Orthogonal moves are just less suitible for this idea.

I suppose I could have used a modified Champion, that would have a non-capturing Alfilrider move on its own half, but kept a non-divergent orthogonal moves everywhere, instead of the Slip Queen.