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Vanguard Chess. Game on 16x16 board, with 48 pieces per player. (16x16, Cells: 256) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Jul 2, 2023 10:07 PM UTC:

After playing a couple of rounds, I can see two things:

1. The Berserker may be too powerful; it can Mate the King by itself, even with a bunch of other pieces nearby. Compound leapers would be needed to defend (maybe replacing one Archer on each side?), so it may go back to being a Lion, but just a straightforward Chu Shogi Lion.

I may still use the Berserker somewhere, but with plenty of compound leapers like the Bison, Auroch, Impala, Wyvern, Zebu, Jackalope (Antelope/Hare), etc. to defend against it.

2. Putting the Generals in the same column as the King and Queen may be a mistake; moving the King's Sergeant puts the King in Check. I may move those Generals to the outside, and line all the Archers up in a row.