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Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]oops i have never rated my fav graphs before?!
Jared, I agree that the tiger should have stripes :-)
Meanwhile, we've been using this particular tiger in one of Eric Greenwood's Courier Modified variants, Courier Mod 3 and casually referring to him as a 'mountain lion.' He moves as a non-leaping lion that moves one or two spaces outward in any direction.
I don't know which variants / presets / zillions games have been implementing the same piece and using it for a different purpose. It would be nice to know though, and also know more about who uses a 'tiger' piece and for which purpose. I dissuaded Eric from introducing a new 'tiger' this morning, partly because there is no alfaerie piece which really looks much like a tiger yet. If someone stripes that one though, it would do, I'll say.
The zebra has stripes but the tiger has none... ???
Agreed! Clear, sharp and well-employed at CVP, hence familiar and easy to use. The only thing I'd alter about any of them is the 'added-on' look of some of the adaptations of the knight/horse's head; it would help to break the outline of the horse in a place or two to make it look like it was designed a-purpose to be a Cavalier or whatever else. But maybe that's just fuss-budget Meester Arteeste's problem, nyuk-nyuk.
Joe Joyce wrote on Fri, May 19, 2006 09:52 AM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★Generally tremendous graphics: clean, clear and simple. Is it possible to offer pieces for inclusion, or make requests? I'm using some 'new' graphics for shatranj variants, and will soon need to make more. These pieces are or will be adaptations of your existing graphics. In some cases, I'd like to replace an existing piece with a more themed graphic. For example, in a shatranj-like game, I'd replace the squirrel with a new piece consisting of the 'High Priestess' piece fronting a warmachine. This will be a visual combination of knight, alfil, and dabbabah, whose moves comprise the squirrel movement; and this doesn't put a squirrel on the battlefield with elephants and horses and war machines. Thank you for the great graphics and for making them so freely available. When people start complaining that your graphics should be used more, you are definitely doing something right.
It would be cool if all the Recognized variants here would use these Alfaerie as a standard for ZRF implementation. I find it tough readjusting to different piece sets and board colours when playing a zillions game. Crazyhouse would be my first candidate.
Terrific fonts.. could you implement Crazyhouse as well?
Having done the excercice myself few years ago, I know what kind of work it represents. I can only say this: I LOVE YOUR DESIGNS, much more than mine, actually ! Wonderful, congratulations ! Jean-Louis
A very nice set of graphics indeed. Something for everybody, I think, provided you like the style. I do :-). Even though everything thats really necessary for me is already there, or in the additional sets, 2 symbols I would like as well are: - a wizard's pointed hat - a helmet (not of a knight, but a medieval foot soldier's, if that makes sense - the one I am thinking of does not look too unlike the one the British used in WW I) I only mention that as a source for inspiration, if any is wanted, again, the set is already excellent as it is! Bernhard
A very handy set of pieces for the various alternates. I'm going to have to integrate this into <A HREF='http://www.chessvariants.org/index/zillions.php?itemid=zDuggansFantasyC'>Duggan's Fantasy Chess</A> (shameless plug!) so as to disambiguate my use of standard chess pieces for entirely different movements.
The way that you mark the Zebra with stripes while retaining army colour differentiation is particularly good. You might consider adding striped versions of others for some of my coinages and other unusual pieces: of a Camel for Zemel (5:1 leaper); of an Elephant for the Korean Elephant (stepping Zebra); and of a Kangaroo for Zengaroo (Zebra+Elephant, extrapolating from the Knight+Elephant sense of Kangaroo in Outback Chess).
Anonymous wrote on Mon, Nov 18, 2002 08:37 PM EST:Excellent ★★★★★12 comments displayed
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