🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, May 16, 2013 02:19 PM UTC:
Lion Chess has a piece called Leo, which is the astrological sign of the lion. That's what it has to do with lions. Also, I have used the Leo piece in Caïssa Britannia with its name changed to Lion. Given the theme of the game, it was a given that it would have a lion piece in it. I considered the Chu Shogi Lion, the Murray Lion, and the Leo as candidates and chose the Leo. One of my reasons against using the Chu Shogi Lion was that it moves twice per turn, which would have made it harder to program. (Since then, I have added commands to GAME Code for handling double moves, which could be used to program it.) Also, it's just a complicated piece to remember how to use. It's one of the reasons I have stayed away from Chu Shogi.
Lion Chess has a piece called Leo, which is the astrological sign of the lion. That's what it has to do with lions. Also, I have used the Leo piece in Caïssa Britannia with its name changed to Lion. Given the theme of the game, it was a given that it would have a lion piece in it. I considered the Chu Shogi Lion, the Murray Lion, and the Leo as candidates and chose the Leo. One of my reasons against using the Chu Shogi Lion was that it moves twice per turn, which would have made it harder to program. (Since then, I have added commands to GAME Code for handling double moves, which could be used to program it.) Also, it's just a complicated piece to remember how to use. It's one of the reasons I have stayed away from Chu Shogi.