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John Lawson wrote on Sun, Jul 13, 2003 01:31 AM UTC:

Here's my two cents:

1 - Towers can split at will into two Towers of arbitrary size by moving
part of the Tower as a regular move.
2 - The moving part of the Tower can capture.
3 - A moving Tower can recombine with a separate Tower whose square it can
move to without hinderance or penalty, even if it split from another Tower
that turn.

Here's the different part:

4 - An Eaglet flanked by two Towers of any size (even different) is
promoted to a single piece Tower.

This promotion is easier, but it only results in a strong minor piece. 
The largest number possible is 16 per side, including the original Tower. 
If each Eaglet were promoted to a full height Tower, it is mathematically
possible for each side to require 2,048 draughtsmen.