Blades - a Trigonal Chess Variant
Introduction
This CV is a testbed for ideas arising from my investigation of Trigonal Boards.
Proposed Board

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:
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Dagger | 15 | Adjacent Forward, Step Back |
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Axe | 4 | Leap 2 steps - theKnight's move |
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Cutlass | 2 | Edgwise i-slider + Axe |
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Sabre | 2 | Apical i-slider + Axe |
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Katana | 1 | Cutlass or Sabre |
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Flamberge | 2 | Apical a-slider |
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Rapier | 2 | Edgwise a-slider |
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Lance | 1 | Rapier or Flamberge |
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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
page revision: 22, last edited: 26 May 2009 14:14