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Scirocco. Play this decimal variant with several weak fairy pieces on Jocly.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
François Houdebert wrote on Wed, Apr 3, 2024 02:57 AM EDT:

I have the impression that the chariot and wagon promotions are inverted in relation to the rules (wagon promotes to octopuss instead of spider).

Correcting this could be an opportunity to use the new spider piece.


📝H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Apr 3, 2024 04:50 AM EDT in reply to François Houdebert from 02:57 AM:

Wagon promotes to Rhino = W-then-B Spider. Chariot (R4) promotes to Griffon (on CVP still represented by a dragon) = Octopus = F-then-R.

This is as it should be.


François Houdebert wrote on Wed, Apr 3, 2024 04:59 AM EDT in reply to H. G. Muller from 04:50 AM:

Ok I suppose that the rules need a fix then.

Probably just swap the lines 349 and line 359.


📝H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Apr 3, 2024 05:18 AM EDT in reply to François Houdebert from 04:59 AM:

Indeed, the names of the promoted versions are swapped.


François Houdebert wrote on Wed, Apr 3, 2024 10:00 AM EDT in reply to H. G. Muller from 05:18 AM:

another remark concerning makromachy: jocly no longer detects the threat of a flying bishop attack in n9, for example:

  1. h4-h7 h11-h8 2. i4-i6 Sg12-i10 3. Sh3-n9+ This must be a side effect, because it seems to me that he was seeing the threat before.

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