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L. The list of official nominations for the variant-by-committee.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]OK, here are some comments on Knights for you (my opinions only, of
course):
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<li><u>Takeover Knights</u>.
These are interesting, if somewhat powerful. But they would certainly
give <b>Lùotuoqí</b> a distinctly different flavor.
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<li>The <u>Footsore Camel</u>.
This piece is a lot harder to develop than a Knight, but attacks half again
as many squares. However, even though this piece is not colorbound or
color-changing, I'm fairly sure K + WnL vs K is a draw, although K + 2WnL
vs. K might be a win for the side with the 2WnL.
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<li>The <u>Teleporter</u>.
This is too passive a piece for my tastes. If you're going to make two
pieces unable to capture, they ought to do more to make other pieces able
to capture, in my opinion.
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<li>The <u>Lazy Camel</u>.
I don't like the fact this piece is colorbound, although if the Bishop is
replaced by a color-changing or color-free piece, that may be OK. But this
piece is too slow moving for my tastes, even so.
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<li>The <u>Mule</u>.
Hmm. Fairly powerful, though still color-changing. This would be OK.
According to Ralph Betza, this is a Rook-strength piece (although I figure
there ought to be a slight deduction due to being color-changing and not
able to mate without help of another non-King piece).
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<li><u>Knight + Lame Camel</u>.
The pure Knight + Camel is very powerful, but Knight + Lame Camel wouldn't
be as bad in the opening and midgame. In the endgame this would be worth
nearly as much as a Cardinal. Overall, I bet this piece is worth a bit
more than a Rook.
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<li>The <u>Kamikazi</u>.
I'm not sure this piece can be sensibly defended against. I couldn't
recommend this piece without a fair bit of playtest.
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<li><u>Terminators</u>.
This piece is like the <u>Kamikazi</u>, but worse.
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<li>The <u>Samurai</u>.
This is an amusing piece, but I suspect they wouldn't stay in the game
very long. And what if both Samurai theaten the same piece? Does the
noncapturing Samurai have to seppuku? Or (less likely, but possible),
both Samurai threaten different honorable pieces?
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