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Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Jan 10, 2004 08:05 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

The same-armies game with a total of 40 Thieves is a neat idea, but perhaps
there should be at least one more colour-changing piece to increase
interaction between the sets of squares - a Gnu (Knight+Camel) would fit
in with the scale of other pieces. How about 12 files with TTTTTGKTTTTT at
the back and TTTTTAATTTTT in front?
	I see the idea behind Pickpocket - a pocket-shaped set of moves. However,
there is another use of of that name that MIGHT be more use. I have
recently been considering extrapolations of the Picket of Timur's (aka
Tamerlane) Chess, which is a sort of 'Bishop minus Ferz', and Pickpocket
has an obvious commonality in its lettering. So how about Pocket for
'Rook minus Wazir', Pickpocket for forward moves of both (plus others if
Shogi-prefixed), and Fagin for Picket+Pocket?