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Halflings. Pieces that can travel at most half their usual distance.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This is the best read on Halflings, having also good links to other Betza material, such as Avalanche(1977). Betza is compelled to re-study Chess Different Armies values affected by ''Halfling-ness.'' Betza concludes, ''...a Halfling piece is generally worth 0.6 to 0.66 of the value of the corresponding non-Halfling piece. Thus the Halfling Queen is worth a bit more than a Rook.'' Betza always thought Chess Unequal Armies, invented around 1980 and called CDA now, was the solution to save 8x8 at all costs, and predicted it would catch on to replace OrthoChess eventually. Deliberate humour and Betza are inseparable, but he meant it that Chess Different Armies was his premier variant.