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B.E. Dolata wrote on Tue, Nov 23, 2021 04:32 PM UTC:

Thanks for the comments. I updated the notation and will add movement diagrams in the future.

My design goal is to have a form of Chess with Different Armies that I can play with people who are not chess variants enthusiasts. In my experience, people are a lot more willing to play with one or two new (to them) pieces than entirely new armies.

I want to have a list of piece that are roughly "Queenish," but I am not trying to maintain strict balance. As H. G. Muller mentioned, there is no need to play the strongest pieces against the weakest pieces. I will add some discussion of balance to the rules section once I write it.

I had originally used a KAND Lion but it felt too powerful on an 8x8 board during playtesting. I like the suggestion of the Wazir then Rook move for the Griffon. Another enhancement I had considered was to just add the Wazir move to the existing Griffon pattern.