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George Duke wrote on Tue, Mar 1, 2005 02:28 AM UTC:
'GHI,LargeCVh': 'Left and right sides of the board are mirror images, as
is the setup of both opponents'--Michael Rouse. Such perfect symmetry
tends to be discounted in this large CV thread. Too high piece density,
though tri-colours help see what the pathways are; besides, pieces are
prosaic. The case is not made in text for King's being so powerful: it
appears games would be > 100 moves. Sub-cross-thread for hexagon-spaced
boards starts here, as baseline. A general question: why so many CVs with
hexagons in board, whilst triangles are virtually unknown? Triangles tile
effectively too. Equilateral triangles throughout would look like
subdivided hexagons and might be more visualizable. Triangles would have
additional interesting transits, for ex., pieces related to Ralph Betza's
Rose and Half-Rose adapted to some mixed 'triangles and hexagons' or
'triangles-out-of-hexagons' game boards.

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