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Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
John Whelan wrote on Tue, Jan 26, 2016 12:17 AM UTC:
One solution would be to have two Queens, and to put the Amazon in the place of honor next to the King (and perhaps change their names).  The only thing stopping this would be a desire to keep both the traditional names, and their traditional significance.

Another solution might be to give the King some kind of enhanced movement power while the Queen is in play, such as an ability to switch places with the Queen, or an ability to jump over a Queen.

Another solution might be to give all the knight-combo pieces, including the Amazon, limited range:   2 or 3 squares (distinguishing them from the King-combo pieces). This would leaving the Queen, Bishop and Rook as the only full-range pieces.  This would leave most of the pieces geographically localized, which fits the advice of some who have discussed computer resistant variants.

There are any number of possible solutions.