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Colorful Osmosis Chess. All basic pieces are colorbound or colorwithching. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Bob Greenwade wrote on Tue, Oct 31, 2023 02:01 PM UTC in reply to Bn Em from 10:46 AM:

Would Propagandist be too on the nose?

Perhaps not enough, depending on one's definition of that phrase. Publicist is closer, but not quite there.

Agronomist is (sort of) Gilmanese for the 8:5 leaper (XBetza GXY). Though whether that piece is much use (arguably even in compounds) is a good question

I have my library of fifth-circle leapers (and I've even featured a couple in my Piece of the Day series), but the further out things get the less useful they are -- as you say, even in compounds. I'll tend to ignore anything (even Gilman's) beyond sixth, or any of Gilman's assignments that aren't for square systems.

And yeah the Reapman is probably pretty useless; a one‐square difference from what's already a much less interesting piece than the Boyscout.

The Harvestman also features in Cetina's larger Universal Chess (UC–170–13)

Well, what isn't, that hasn't been invented afterward?