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Srivats-Srihari

Sep 11, 2025

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I have an idea for a bunch of new pieces:

Checkers: Just a checkers piece but no forced capture[1]
Omni pawn: Moves like a wazir and captures like a ferz[3]
Star: Combines King and Alibaba[3]
Steed: Moves like a xiangqi horse but can capture orthogonal pieces on its way[5]
Vampire: Turns into the piece it takes, starts off as a king[7]
Sniper: Moves 3 squares in any direction but does not move if it captures[5]
Watchtower(I think this Idea has already been suggested): Combines rook and ferz[7]
Dragon: Moves like queen but captures like a king[7]
Peasant: Dabbaba that can only move forwards and backwards[2]
Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

Please let me know your thoughts. Also, do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

KingNilx

Sep 11, 2025

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#2

Srivats-Srihari skrev:

I have an idea for a bunch of new pieces:

Checkers: Just a checkers piece but no forced capture[1]
Omni pawn: Moves like a wazir and captures like a ferz[3]
Star: Combines King and Alibaba[3]
Steed: Moves like a xiangqi horse but can capture orthogonal pieces on its way[5]
Vampire: Turns into the piece it takes, starts off as a king[7]
Sniper: Moves 3 squares in any direction but does not move if it captures[5]
Watchtower(I think this Idea has already been suggested): Combines rook and ferz[7]
Dragon: Moves like queen but captures like a king[7]
Peasant: Dabbaba that can only move forwards and backwards[2]
Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

Please let me know your thoughts. Also, do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

What are those names of pieces u combine???!!!

Wenguet

Sep 11, 2025

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#3

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

I have an idea for a bunch of new pieces:

Checkers: Just a checkers piece but no forced capture[1]
Omni pawn: Moves like a wazir and captures like a ferz[3]
Star: Combines King and Alibaba[3]
Steed: Moves like a xiangqi horse but can capture orthogonal pieces on its way[5]
Vampire: Turns into the piece it takes, starts off as a king[7]
Sniper: Moves 3 squares in any direction but does not move if it captures[5]
Watchtower(I think this Idea has already been suggested): Combines rook and ferz[7]
Dragon: Moves like queen but captures like a king[7]
Peasant: Dabbaba that can only move forwards and backwards[2]
Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

Please let me know your thoughts. Also, do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

Emperor is extremely overpowered
Sniper is probably worth more pts
Vampire is worth too many pts
Overall, it seems cool

skatiskis

Sep 11, 2025

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#4

Those are cool ideas, but i think the emperor shouldn't actually be used in a game, it is too op. the vampire is less of a piece than a ruleset (see V. R. parton on wikipedia; he invented "gryphon chess" which is kinda the same thing you're talking about)

I think the star should be 4 pts, the peaseant should be 1 pt (half a pt?), sniper should be 3 pt, and the "omni pawn" should be less

But otherwise really cool!!

kings_pawn1234

Sep 11, 2025

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#5

Wenguet wrote:

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

I have an idea for a bunch of new pieces:

Checkers: Just a checkers piece but no forced capture[1]
Omni pawn: Moves like a wazir and captures like a ferz[3]
Star: Combines King and Alibaba[3]
Steed: Moves like a xiangqi horse but can capture orthogonal pieces on its way[5]
Vampire: Turns into the piece it takes, starts off as a king[7]
Sniper: Moves 3 squares in any direction but does not move if it captures[5]
Watchtower(I think this Idea has already been suggested): Combines rook and ferz[7]
Dragon: Moves like queen but captures like a king[7]
Peasant: Dabbaba that can only move forwards and backwards[2]
Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

Please let me know your thoughts. Also, do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

Emperor is extremely overpowered
Sniper is probably worth more pts
Vampire is worth too many pts
Overall, it seems cool

dragon should be worth less because it can only cap like a king

skatiskis

Sep 11, 2025

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#6

kings_pawn1234 wrote:

Wenguet wrote:

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

I have an idea for a bunch of new pieces:

Checkers: Just a checkers piece but no forced capture[1]
Omni pawn: Moves like a wazir and captures like a ferz[3]
Star: Combines King and Alibaba[3]
Steed: Moves like a xiangqi horse but can capture orthogonal pieces on its way[5]
Vampire: Turns into the piece it takes, starts off as a king[7]
Sniper: Moves 3 squares in any direction but does not move if it captures[5]
Watchtower(I think this Idea has already been suggested): Combines rook and ferz[7]
Dragon: Moves like queen but captures like a king[7]
Peasant: Dabbaba that can only move forwards and backwards[2]
Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

Please let me know your thoughts. Also, do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

Emperor is extremely overpowered
Sniper is probably worth more pts
Vampire is worth too many pts
Overall, it seems cool

dragon should be worth less because it can only cap like a king

No it's fine, a queen is usually valued at 9, and only capturing like a king isn't that big of a deal, the queen doesn't capture that much that isn't far away from it.

asthebird

Sep 11, 2025

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#7

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

AFAIK, not really but it is fine to post piece suggestions in new forums.

asthebird

Sep 11, 2025

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#8

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

That will only be used as a high-point bounty, you could achieve the same result with a dead royal king (GoP on)

josephruhf

29 days ago

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#9

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

I have an idea for a bunch of new pieces:

Checkers: Just a checkers piece but no forced capture[1]
Omni pawn: Moves like a wazir and captures like a ferz[3]
Star: Combines King and Alibaba[3]
Steed: Moves like a xiangqi horse but can capture orthogonal pieces on its way[5]
Vampire: Turns into the piece it takes, starts off as a king[7]
Sniper: Moves 3 squares in any direction but does not move if it captures[5]
Watchtower(I think this Idea has already been suggested): Combines rook and ferz[7]
Dragon: Moves like queen but captures like a king[7]
Peasant: Dabbaba that can only move forwards and backwards[2]
Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

Please let me know your thoughts. Also, do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

Why are you only suggesting the single checkers piece? Fairy Stockfish does not implement multiple captures yet. You can only get one jump with custom en passant.

Anonymous_M-01

29 days ago

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#10

singke checker is dumb that only capture forward once and promote to a diagonally cannon

Srivats-Srihari

29 days ago

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#11

We could make a piece that moves and captures like a checker but also straight. Promotes to a checker king who moves like king and captures like king and moves 1square extra.

hamster_kombat_c

29 days ago

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#12

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

I have an idea for a bunch of new pieces:

Checkers: Just a checkers piece but no forced capture[1]
Omni pawn: Moves like a wazir and captures like a ferz[3]
Star: Combines King and Alibaba[3]
Steed: Moves like a xiangqi horse but can capture orthogonal pieces on its way[5]
Vampire: Turns into the piece it takes, starts off as a king[7]
Sniper: Moves 3 squares in any direction but does not move if it captures[5]
Watchtower(I think this Idea has already been suggested): Combines rook and ferz[7]
Dragon: Moves like queen but captures like a king[7]
Peasant: Dabbaba that can only move forwards and backwards[2]
Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

Please let me know your thoughts. Also, do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

Dabbaba = 1 point, ½ of dabbaba = 2 points??

skatiskis

29 days ago

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#13

hamster_kombat_c wrote:

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

I have an idea for a bunch of new pieces:

Checkers: Just a checkers piece but no forced capture[1]Omni pawn: Moves like a wazir and captures like a ferz[3]Star: Combines King and Alibaba[3]Steed: Moves like a xiangqi horse but can capture orthogonal pieces on its way[5]Vampire: Turns into the piece it takes, starts off as a king[7]Sniper: Moves 3 squares in any direction but does not move if it captures[5]Watchtower(I think this Idea has already been suggested): Combines rook and ferz[7]Dragon: Moves like queen but captures like a king[7]Peasant: Dabbaba that can only move forwards and backwards[2]Emperor: Moves like amazon but does not move when it captures.[15]

Please let me know your thoughts. Also, do we have like a forum for piece suggestions like we have for custom positions

Dabbaba = 1 point, ½ of dabbaba = 2 points??

Exactly!! actually, the peasant should probably be like a 1/4 pt or 1/10 pt

Another thing, the watchtower should probably be 6

Murukutty639

28 days ago

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#14

New piece idea 2: Wildabeast rider ( camel rider + knight rider) 10 pts

Royal Bishop (king + bishop) 5pts

Desert queen ( Camel + queen) 12 pts

Grasshopper rider ( grasshopper in continuous motion) 5pts

Pogo stick (knight rider + camel rider + afilddabba rider + grasshopper rider) 14 pts

The Beast ( Amazon + camel) 15 pts

The God (Queen + pogo stick) 35 pts

Jester (manipulates the piece that the opponent had previously moved or can move like a king) 4pts

Srivats-Srihari

28 days ago

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#15

Murukutty639 wrote:

New piece idea 2: Wildabeast rider ( camel rider + knight rider) 10 pts

Royal Bishop (king + bishop) 5pts

Desert queen ( Camel + queen) 12 pts

Grasshopper rider ( grasshopper in continuous motion) 5pts

Pogo stick (knight rider + camel rider + afilddabba rider + grasshopper rider) 14 pts

The Beast ( Amazon + camel) 15 pts

The God (Queen + pogo stick) 35 pts

Jester (manipulates the piece that the opponent had previously moved or can move like a king) 4pts

I like Wildabeest Rider, Desert queen, and the Beast, but grasshopper rider is too powerful, it can move behind any piece in a file, rank or diagonal, Pogo stick is too confusing and Jester is basically just a non royal king. I will compile all good Ideas in this page and post it in notes so CGAs can see

skatiskis

28 days ago

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#16

I have a few more ideas: (they've probably been suggested somewhere else, but whatever)

Border Patrol (alibabba + knight) 7 pts

Circle-Knight (knight + dabbaba) 5 pts

Arrow-Knight (knight + alfil) 5 pts

Cannon (moves like a non-royal king, but can capture (w/o moving) anywhere within a 2-radius circle) - 6 pts

Here's a diagram, because that last one is confusing:

(shows where the cannon can "capture")

Buffalo (camel+zebra+alfil) 8 pts

Square (alfil+dabbaba+knight+ferz+wazir) 11 pts

Shield (can move anywhere, but cannot capture) 5 pts

Also on wikipedia i found out that the watchtower (rook+ferz) is called an admiral, dragon king in shogi, or crowned rook.

Murukutty639

28 days ago

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#17

Srivats-Srihari wrote:

Murukutty639 wrote:

New piece idea 2: Wildabeast rider ( camel rider + knight rider) 10 pts

Royal Bishop (king + bishop) 5pts

Desert queen ( Camel + queen) 12 pts

Grasshopper rider ( grasshopper in continuous motion) 5pts

Pogo stick (knight rider + camel rider + afilddabba rider + grasshopper rider) 14 pts

The Beast ( Amazon + camel) 15 pts

The God (Queen + pogo stick) 35 pts

Jester (manipulates the piece that the opponent had previously moved or can move like a king) 4pts

I like Wildabeest Rider, Desert queen, and the Beast, but grasshopper rider is too powerful, it can move behind any piece in a file, rank or diagonal, Pogo stick is too confusing and Jester is basically just a non royal king. I will compile all good Ideas in this page and post it in notes so CGAs can see

Jester can also copy an opponents piece For instance, if your opponent moved his queen, yr jester moves like one for that move

Potatoslain

27 days ago

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#18

Wazibaba: wazir+dababa

Srivats-Srihari

27 days ago

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#19

Potatoslain wrote:

Wazibaba: wazir+dababa

Actually a good idea.

Another idea: Ferfill: ferz+alfill

skatiskis

27 days ago

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#20

Another couple of thoughts:

Rhombus: (some other, more creative name please?) knight + threeleaper [4 pts]

Octagon: (also a more interesting name?) camel + alfil [4 pts]