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I think this looks really interesting. Congrats.

I love the idea of drops having to be placed beside the king, and that
means also you could do 3 drops on one turn, right?

I also like the 'archer' and 'spearman' idea of winning game if
reaching other end, combined with rule if they are captured they are out of
the game. The short range pieces are great for the game too.
When you release, make a game page here please.

Congratulations on a fine first effort, Matteo! The triple move idea is
untried, so far as I know, and will need play testing to see if it makes
the game too explosive. If that is the case, this game should still keep
most of its flavor as a double move variant. (Hope triple move works out, I
really like that.) In any case, a balance rule to reduce the first move
advantage is in order. For a double move game, the rule is well
known--White may make only one move on the first turn. I propose a triple
move analog to that rule: 

On the first turn, White makes one move.
On the first turn, Black makes one or two moves.
On the second turn, White makes one or two moves.
On subsequent turns, the player on move makes one, two, or three moves.

Oh yes sorry, i do remember now reading you can only drop one piece per
turn, and yes i think it is best to play this way. 

The game looks really good.

Matteo, I didn't take the fact that Black chooses his arrangement after
White is finished with his into account. My error in not noticing this.
In this case, if any balancing is needed, limiting White to two moves on
the first turn should be quite sufficient. I think my rule is about right
for a triple move game with a) fixed setup b) random setup or c) players
choose setup by placing one piece at a time in turns.

Christine, thank you for the compliment.  ;-)

Michael, I think it is better to keep the rule as simpler as possible:
keeping the rules without the exception in the first turn. In case, in the
future the two-moves-in-the-white's-first-turn could be added.

>>> I think my rule is about right for a triple move game with a) fixed
setup b) random setup or c) players choose setup by placing one piece at a
time in turns.

With an odd number of moves per turn the perfect balancing is impossible.
Why do you think a 1-move-advantage of black is better than a
1-move-advantage of white?

I had some comments and questions here:
* Is the reason for no leapers clarity?
* Do you have Zillions?  If not, consider getting it and implementing it in
Zillions to see how both sides play.
* Once you feel more secure about the design, consider having it as a game
entry on the CV site, rather than just a post like this.
* Consider getting it up on Game Courier on the CV site, so you can have
people to playtest it with.

Hi Rich.  ;-)

Guessed right, my variant has no leapers for clarity. But also for
“elegance” (or, at least, for “how I see elegance and
coherence/harmony”). 

Yes I have Zillions. Now I have to start to study for writing code for it.
I think it will be quite difficult because I have to implement a lot of
features: restricted dropping rule, 3-moves per turn, arrangement phase,
exchanging rule and multi-objectives. Too much! But I will try.  :-)

For now I found those 2 problems in the implementation of Kingdrops:

1. no piece can move more than once per turn: I have found a solution for
2-moves per turn ("verify not-last-to?") but I'm without solution for my
3-moves per turn

2. how can I restrict the dropping zone to the king's 8 adjacent squares?

3. the king has to get out of check in the fist move... but how? (maybe
this is impossible in zillions?)

I've been corresponding with Matteo about programming this most
interesting game, but I thought I would share with the Zillions programmers
among the CV community. I have solved the first problem: rather than using
last-to? (which would allow the movement of the same piece on the first and
third moves of a turn) I set a has-moved attribute for the piece whenever
it moves, and verify that this attribute is clear before allowing the
move.
After each turn (three moves), I have a random player scan the board and
clear all has-moved attributes, so that all pieces can move freely on the
next turn. This technique will work for any number of multiple moves.

The drops restriction will require a board scan to find the friendly King.