🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Nov 22, 2008 12:55 AM UTC:
This game does break one of Fergus Duniho's design rules. The queen analog can checkmate the king analog by itself
I assume you mean this design principle: Avoid any piece that can force checkmate by itself, such as the Amazon or the Cavalry Chess Knight. I haven't analyzed your game and don't know whether it violates this principle, but I will point out that the key word in the principle is force not checkmate. For example, this principle does not rule out using the Paladin (or Cardinal or Archbishop), which is able to checkmate a King without any assistance from other pieces but is still unable to force checkmate without assistance.
I assume you mean this design principle: Avoid any piece that can force checkmate by itself, such as the Amazon or the Cavalry Chess Knight. I haven't analyzed your game and don't know whether it violates this principle, but I will point out that the key word in the principle is force not checkmate. For example, this principle does not rule out using the Paladin (or Cardinal or Archbishop), which is able to checkmate a King without any assistance from other pieces but is still unable to force checkmate without assistance.