Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 17 Jan 1998.
[pic] how to move a tower
alt.ascii-art
· 3 messages · 17 Jan 1998 - 18 Jan 1998
Of all chess pieces I never really understood the
castle (rock, tower, ?). It can move very fast and
usually looks like a big tower. What's the trick?
Is it pushing a 'battle-sized' one :
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Carl the hopping tower :
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Or is it all mystic and stuff (switching to ascii-
picture-book-style, because of the mysticism...) :
.----------------------------------------------------.
|The Ancient Way To Move A Castle |
|----------------------------------------------------|
| |
|Once upon a time when chess was not a board game but|
|cruel reality a little village was sleeping beneath |
|a friendly moon. |
| |
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|On a hill nearby a suspiciously smooth looking |
|square white stone was glowing in the moonlight. |
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|Suddenly lightning flickered and a magic explosion |
|covered the stone. |
|(And big parts of the scenery too). |
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|Seconds later darkness and tranquillity were back. |
|Only - it seemed to be a _bit_ darker now with the |
|black castle standing there. (Oh, and don't mind |
|the dragon, it's just magic fall out.) |
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| |
|And finally a voice from nowhere growled 'WHITE TO |
|MOVE!' |
| (Andreas Freise 17/01/1998) |
`----------------------------------------------------'
Any castle experts here to answer the question?
:)
Andreas
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Andreas Freise wrote: > _. > ~| > (( uuuuu > |_#-| > ( O__| _#| > / Z_|_ -| > / ( | - | > ( (/\| /_- _\ a:f > b b'(*)-(*)` Does anybody else here have a copy of Battle Chess? The rooks transform into giant monstors, which walk around, and then turn back into castles. Hmmm... I need to make an JS ASCII animation of it.... Nah, I'll leave it to someone else.... -- --ran...@slip.net (Randy Gardner) --http://www.slip.net/~randyg/index.htm - *New* Download a maze program that lets you actually walk *inside* the maze!!
> Any castle experts here to answer the question? > > :) > Andreas as i understand it power in chess is only represented by movement, so a castle, being the most powerful needed to be the most mobile. in the 'original'* game the bishops (advisors) only move one square diagonally. the queen moved one square in any direction, like the king. knights were elephants which were hard to control in battle, thus their 'erratic' movement. thus the castle was the most powerful. or maybe it's got to do with the monty python 'house hunter's' sketch. *i think that it's been decided that the version i read about and am refering to as the 'original' was found not to be... ob ascii art: h.g. wells type martian tripod fighting machine: []= / ____/_ / o |_\ \_/____/ / [ ] / / | \ / | \ \ / / X / / \ / reply address (rot13) cva...@qnegzbhgu.rqh
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