The placed bugs order is a compact string that records the sequence in which piece types are first placed on the board during a game. Each character represents one piece placement.
Each piece type is represented by a single letter. Uppercase letters indicate white pieces and lowercase letters indicate black pieces.
| Letter | Piece |
|---|---|
| Q / q | Queen Bee |
| A / a | Ant |
| B / b | Beetle |
| G / g | Grasshopper |
| S / s | Spider |
| L / l | Ladybug |
| M / m | Mosquito |
| P / p | Pillbug |
| D / d | Dragonfly |
A game where white opens with a Ladybug, black responds with a Ladybug, then white plays a Queen, and black plays a Mosquito would have the placed bugs order: LlQm.
Keep in mind that piece movements are not taken into account in this search.
When searching by placed bugs order, you can use wildcards:
? matches exactly one piece (any type or color)* matches any number of pieces (including none)The search always matches as a prefix: Ll finds all games starting with white ladybug then black ladybug, regardless of what follows.
| Pattern | Matches |
|---|---|
Lm | Games starting with white ladybug, black mosquito |
L?M?P | White ladybug, any piece, white mosquito, any piece, then white pillbug (this would be searching for the antispawn setup for white) |
*q*Q | Any game where the white queen was placed after the black queen |
*bb | Any game where black placed its beetles without any other piece placement between them |