The many life paths available to a pawn
The many life paths available to a pawn
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I never understood what the Rook was supposed to represent. Everything else has a rough analog to actual battle. But castle towers are notable non-mobile.
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Originally, the rook symbolized a chariot. The Persian word rokh means chariot, and the corresponding pieces in Oriental chess games such as xiangqi and shogi have names meaning chariot. Persian War Chariots were heavily armoured, carrying a driver and at least one ranged-weapon bearer, such as an archer.
Modern ones are akin to siege towers is my take.
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In German they’re called "Turm" which literally translates to tower…
I suppose siege towers would make sense, however I’ve never seen a chess set that didn’t have them look like a castle. (Which could be one reason they look like that, so castling actually produces a castle)
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You haven't played enough Stronghold
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My take is that they represent a fort, or to put it another way, an engineer Corp. They attack linearly, which makes them bad at offense, but they're powerful field control.
They can't get out early and it's easy to spot their attacks, but their range is fantastic
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siege tower.
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Pawns are all just temporarily embarrassed Queens.
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Oh, just like real life.
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In the originial, its minister, camel, elephant and horse. So minister or furry.
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Your pawns are all male?
Yeah, I checked the bottom of the pieces.
They need to be to become bishops. Unless they're Anglican....
Chess is br*ish 🤢
My pawns are androgynous.
I'm torn between "pawndrogynous" and "anpawngynous"
Non binary pawns pog
Nothing in the image or title implies the gender of the pawn or that all pawns are the same gender though... they might be all female or mixed, none of the options are gender specific.
'Changing gender' to become a queen implies a non-female initial gender.