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Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Mar 5, 2012 06:12 PM UTC:
Ah yes, I see now there is a Clobberers II army described in Betza's original note's. It seems a bad idea, however, to let the Clobberers play in different setups against different opponents. So perhaps I should switch to universally using Clobberers II in Fairy-Max.

What do you think of universally swapping King and Banshee in the Fearful Fairies? In that setup they could be paired with any of the FIDE, Clobberers II and Nutters army (and even against itself). It is still a bit of a blemish, though, that the Fairies share a piece with the Clobberers.

Wouldn't it be better to go to an array where the FN is the corner piece (protecting the b- and c-Pawn), and FA on b/g (to protect the a-Pawn)? Then you could castle with the stronger piece, so that you would not have to expose it to minor attack that early.