Blades - a Trigonal Chess Variant

Introduction

This CV is a testbed for ideas arising from my investigation of Trigonal Boards.

Proposed Board

bladeboard001.png

The board consists of 120 trigons giving it a size category of 4 (Large). Its overall shape mirrors the third iteration of the Koch curve or snowflake. There are two sides, Red and Blue, with Red moving first.
Each side starts with 30 pieces:

Icons Name Number Movement
reddagger29.png
bludagger29.png
Dagger 15 Adjacent Forward, Step Back
redaxe29.png
bluaxe29.png
Axe 4 Leap 2 steps - theKnight's move
redcutlass29.png
blucutlass29.png
Cutlass 2 Edgwise i-slider + Axe
redsabre29.png
blusabre29.png
Sabre 2 Apical i-slider + Axe
redkatana29.png
blukatana29.png
Katana 1 Cutlass or Sabre
redflamberge29.png
bluflamberge29.png
Flamberge 2 Apical a-slider
redrapier29.png
blurapier29.png
Rapier 2 Edgwise a-slider
redlance29.png
blulance29.png
Lance 1 Rapier or Flamberge
redclaymore29.png
bluclaymore29.png
Claymore 1 Single step in any direction

N.B. i-slides have a maximum of 3 steps; a-slides have a maximum of 5 steps

to be continued


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