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Martin Nilsson wrote on Fri, Nov 29 04:22 PM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from Thu Nov 28 05:22 PM:

I thought about your advice. I don't think the game is drawish as is, due to a big board with more possibilities compared to Chess, and quickpawns being comparatively easy to promote. I don't have any statistics to back this up, though.

But having more pieces realistically able to participate in an attack is fun, and I just changed the moves of the Kjempe and Custodian for this very reason.

Your suggestion for the Woodlander (Knight + vertical rook) would make it another 5+ value piece (actually a bit stronger according to the diagram's evaluation), which I think the players would often save for the endgame (which admittedly would be great fun), instead of coming to use in the midgame, when I think knight-y moves make the most sense on a large board. So I'm currently looking into some alternatives which would make the woodlander a more offense-oriented piece, but still keep it in the 4-value range where it is supposedly exchangable for a Bishop or an Avian: NsW, NvW, NfR ("lancer"), NfR3, etc. Another option on the table is to make the Woodlander promotable. This will take a while for me to playtest and come to some conclusions.


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