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Generic Chess Piece Creation System. This is a system for construction of pieces, using ideas from RPG games.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Corgi wrote on Fri, Dec 24, 2004 11:49 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I really like this!  I'm taking a whack at a chess variant themed off a
fiction series, and this really helps me figure out the value of the
pieces for balance.

However, two things I spotted that I think are errors - 'K' is being
used as the symbol/abbreviation for both Knight and King; and the King
(Radius 1) is valued at 20 in one spot then 30 in another.

In addition, shouldn't the basic King be worth more?  (3*4) for
orthogonal, (2*4) for diagonal = 12+8=20... then (2*2)/4 for the castling
move = 1... then (21*2)*5 for a Royal piece which can only be captured by
checkmate.  That's... [sheepishly pulls out calculator] 210.

Very practical page - thanks for sharing it.