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Horizons. Game with 5 new pieces on 12x12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Nov 18, 2022 08:20 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Thu Nov 17 10:27 PM:

but I think something like this would work even better:

Sure, and it would look even better with the PNG images:

satellite=hori3 ranks=12 files=12 maxPromote=4 promoZone=1 promoChoice=QMZROBN holdingsType=1 graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 symmetry=mirror firstRank=1 lightShade=#CCCC11 darkShade=#339933 holeColor=#111199 rimColor=#111199 coordColor=#CCCC11 whitePrefix=w blackPrefix=b graphicsType=png useMarkers=1 newClick=0 borders=0 pawn::::e2-h2 warrior::ifmnAfmFfceWfcnD:berolinapawn:c2,b2,j2,k2 shielder::ifmnDfmWsceWfmpafabcuW:sergeant:a2,d2,i2,l2 warrior::ifmnAfmFfceW:berolinapawn: knight:N:::d1,i1 bishop::::e1,h1 rook::::a1,l1 ox::nDafafsfW::c1,j1 zip::Waf(afz)10W:rhino:b1 magician::afyafyafsK:mage:k1 queen::::f1 king::KisO3::g1

Horizons

But we have no rule here that everyone must use Alfaerie. Many contributions here do use the Small ('Chess Utrecht'), Motif, Abstract or XBoard sets.