Bob Greenwade wrote on Tue, Aug 15, 2023 02:23 PM UTC:
29. Chicken Pawn. The Chicken Pawn moves like a regular Pawn, but with one addition: when under attack, it may move (without capturing) directly backwards like a Rook, or diagonally backwards like a Bishop.
Hey, they can't all be brave.
I have this in one of my newer proposals, but I may someday put it into a Shogi-esque variant where the two sides are separated not by a river, by by a road.
29. Chicken Pawn. The Chicken Pawn moves like a regular Pawn, but with one addition: when under attack, it may move (without capturing) directly backwards like a Rook, or diagonally backwards like a Bishop.
Hey, they can't all be brave.
I have this in one of my newer proposals, but I may someday put it into a Shogi-esque variant where the two sides are separated not by a river, by by a road.