[And the Rook can move all the way across the board in a straight line as long as it isn't blocked by a piece. The Bishop is the same, but it can only move diagonally.
...In fact, that's a blanket rule, isn't it? Nothing can move past another piece with the exception of the knights, which move forward two spaces then right or left one space, and those are the only ways they can move...
This is a pain to try to remember. He's quietly glad that Shikamaru's explaining it and he's not just trying to piece it together from what he remembers during that mess of an experiment.]
[Action, July 17th]
...In fact, that's a blanket rule, isn't it? Nothing can move past another piece with the exception of the knights, which move forward two spaces then right or left one space, and those are the only ways they can move...
This is a pain to try to remember. He's quietly glad that Shikamaru's explaining it and he's not just trying to piece it together from what he remembers during that mess of an experiment.]