Guys:
Besides some suggestions from Daniil and a comment form Mr. Gilman I had no response about this topic/project. So, it’s like The Little Red Hen story; if you are thinking: “I can do it better “, remember that you didn’t and I did. If you have any suggestions, I’m open to then, but, first, read the rules.
Until now I’ve been gathering few ideas, but I didn’t yet made the calculations of the number of the pieces, just the base moves and the templates (take a look at http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSbasepiecesandt to understand the concept).
At this point I need help with the pieces names (yes, I know kings, etc, but some others…).
O 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
D 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
C 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
O fD 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
D fO 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
fO 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
fD 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
fC 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
mO cD 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
mD cO 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
mfO cfD 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
mfD cfO 1 n S2 S3 S4 L2 L3 L4 2+ 3+ 4+ cL1 mL1 mcL1 Sl Sk
To help you, help me, let me tell you what means the letters: O- orthogonal, D- diagonal, C- compound (O+D), f- forward, m- move, c- capture, n= any number, S(n)- slides the number, L(n)- leaps the number, (n)+- must at least slide the number, L1- cannon capture movement, Sl- slip movement, Sk- skip movement.
For the knight family, I have, now, the following:
O1 D1, D1 O1 L Lf S SOD SDO R GM SR SODR SDOR SGM SODGM SDOGM
O2 D1, D1 O2 L Lf S SOD SDO R GM SR SODR SDOR SGM SODGM SDOGM
O3 D1, D1 O3 L Lf S SOD SDO R GM SR SODR SDOR SGM SODGM SDOGM
O1 D2, D2 O1 L Lf S SOD SDO R GM SR SODR SDOR SGM SODGM SDOGM
O1 D3, D3 O1 L Lf S SOD SDO R GM SR SODR SDOR SGM SODGM SDOGM
O2 D2, D2 O2 L Lf S SOD SDO R GM SR SODR SDOR SGM SODGM SDOGM
L- leaps, Lf- leaps forward (Shogilike), Slides (Moo), R- rider, GM- Grand Master.
A note about the Grand Master, see the description on the Bizarro Chess.
(http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSbizarrochess)
The 4:2 Leaper, although Mr. Gilman named it Charolais, I name it the Templar, because of the Knights Templar seal (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Templarsign.jpg)
The irony is that the Portuguese piece name is horse (cavalo), but as I use a lot of English I use the knight/religious orders ranks.
Any suggestions?
Hugs!