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Bn Em wrote on Tue, Aug 22, 2023 08:36 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from Sat Aug 19 09:12 AM:

I am not sure to understand what you call "slow" and "catch"

slow is anything starting on an affected space being limited to one step; catch is anything trying to move throught the space having to stop (more‐or‐less as if there were enemy pieces stationed in those squares)

This is kind of "catch" with my understanding. Why you see an explicit "slow" here, I don't know.

I may have misinterpreted your use of “on” in “on its 8 surrounding squares, all (allied or ennemy) pieces can only move 1 step only”; to me that reads like ‘from’ rather than through, giving slow. Your A World of Chess description is fairly explicitly catch‐only

It is a frequent mistake by modern players to think that rules were scrupulously followed by everyone for ancient and traditional games

Of course, the rules probably varied; I was mostly pointing it out as Bob's choice of ‘Hia’ power (catch+slow) differs from my preference (catch only) and raised some awkward questions regarding lame pieces


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