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Hello,

I am in the process of creating three larger version of apothecary chess. This is one of them - apothecary chess classic.

The purpose of this comment is to get help from the community naming and drawing the pieces.

In the previous comment on this thread I have made a interactive diagram with some preliminary names and pictures from what I could find. They are not very good so do not mind them to much.

In the following I'll name the properties of the new pieces and I expect from who may help a name and a description for the picture.

A piece that moves 3 squares like a bishop and may stop here or in the intermediate squares and continues like a rook toward outside. And it may also step like a wazir.

A pieces that moves 2 squares like a rook and may stop here or in the intermediate square and then toward outside like a bishop. And it may also step like a ferz.

I'll just call them Gryphon and Aanca at this point

There already is a gryphon in this game. Aanca spelled "Anka" it is so far my proposition in the other game with bent riders. Thanks for your input Zhedric!

What do you call an Aanca or an Anka? I can't see what you are talking about

Jean-Louis, acording to wikipedia Anqa or Anka is a Arabian mythical bird : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anqa,

I'm provisionally using the name for a piece that moves 2 squares like a rook, may stop here or in the intermediate square, and then towards outside like a bishop. It may also move like a ferz (In an attempt to make it as strong as a queen. Thanks for your interest.

@HG, How do I add extra images to the diagram designer?

You mean the Interactive Diagram?

That takes all its images from the same directory, which you can specify through graphicsDir=... amongst the parameters. If you cannot create files in that directory, the only option is to copy all the files you need from there to a directory of your own, where you can create files, and then put the extra images there too.

Too bad Aurelian you don't want to change your mind. Anka is the word used in Spanish for the Gryphon. Is like if you call a Bishop, a Torre. You can call your piece otherwise, a Simurgh or anything, why a Anka/Anqa/Aanca? Check that page: http://history.chess.free.fr/acedrex.htm

Ok,Jean-Louis!

I'm wondering though why can't the creature Anqa be used in a proper way as described by history and you don't like it to be used at all?

And what about Firebird and Thunderbird for bent-riders? With these you keep the mythical bird theme for bent-riders (even if they aren't from the same cultural origin: the Firebird is from slavic folklore, the Thunderbird from North American idigenous culture). And, even if they have been certainly used for fairy pieces in recent variants, these names are not already used in a historical game, a fortiori for the original naming of a well-known fairy piece (Aanca-Gryphon).

While we're on the topic of mythical creatures, I wonder how many of them appeared in Chess Variants

I only know there's Unicorn, Dragon(?), Gryphon/Griffon, Aanca/Anqa, Kirin, and Phoenix

Thunderbird and Firebird then!

Which images should I use for the Thunderbird and the Firebird. Can anyone help me with drawing and uploading the pictures as I don't have any skills with the draw part and I do not have upload rights?

I thought everyone that has posted an article can upload graphics files?

Everyone can upload graphics, but incorporating them into a GС piece set requires an editor.

We really must do something about that. I don't see any reason why there couldn't be a user-defined mapping between piece labels and graphics URLs.

Everyone can upload graphics, but incorporating them into a GС piece set requires an editor.

1. I don't see where can I upload graphics.

2. I'd also like them to enter in a directory so that it can be used by the interactive diagram.

I don't see where can I upload graphics.

Go to the page for one of your games and select 'Upload or Manage Files' from the black box towards the bottom.

I'd also like them to enter in a directory so that it can be used by the interactive diagram.

I will have to do that for you.  You can only upload to the membergraphics folder.

I might be able to help you make graphics but my availability is limited since I'm in the process of moving right now.  Any new graphics should be made in SVG (vector graphics) format, not a bitmap format.  Inkscape is the free program typically used for this.

I'll try inkscape on my own, for now. I have to learn to do this one day, anyway!

Any ideas on how a Thunderbird and a Firebird should look like?

Is it permited to make draws that are more colored than white and blue (in allfaerie). I want to create the firebird with a fire shadow on it's back. That shoul be red, or cherry for black and a lighter red for white. Something similar I'd like to do do to the thunderbeard.

Yes, that is possible.

You only need to make white pieces and the white should be #f9f9f9. From this we'll render the white and blue pieces in PNG.

I could not draw the pieces in question (Thunderbird and Firebird) so if someone is willing to help me I'd be extremely grateful.