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Boyscout. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Feb 24, 2021 07:23 PM UTC in reply to Bn Em from 06:45 PM:

though I expect he'd have called them helical girl‐/boy‐/doublescouts rather than rooks/bishops/queens

He liked to give everything a unique name, which could create a barrier to remembering all the many pieces he named. I want to keep things simple, memorable, and generic, especially when it comes to names to use outside of any variant. I would just use the names of Crooked Rook, Bishop, and Queen for the pieces he gave scout names.