On: Can Chess, with Hexagons? [video]

[kevinpet]

It doesn't make sense to me why pawns attack on a file (adjoining hexagons) rather than diagonal (hexagon pointed to but separated by the side between two others).

[mkehrt → kevinpet]

A youtube comment points out that this allows pawn walls which protect each other and block on file moves, just like in real chess.