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I just had to burst out laughing upon reading George Duke's comment. I would say that the Falcon is indeed lame; it's 'lame' in the sense that it cannot jump over intervening pieces. (It has multiple routes to each destination square, but all can be blocked.) That is what is normally meant when a piece is referred to as a 'lame piece'. I don't think Charles Gilman was saying, 'Oh, that Falcon is so lame...' :-)
Charles Gilman already knows that in February 2000 S. Sirotkin sent a chess variant, called Herd. This two player game is played on a board of 7 by 7 squares. Each player has 1 King, 2 Knights, 2 Camels, 2 Bisons, and 7 Pawns.
Piececlopedia: Bison Hans Bodlaender wrote: 'It appears (infrequently) in fairy chess problems; Jelliss (see reference below) gives a mate in two by P. Monreal and F. Calvet from the Problemist, 1974 as an example.'
For all I know, the history of the Bison may extend back a full century. The Bison exists, and has value, independent of any disagreement between two individuals.
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