John Lawson wrote on Sat, Apr 3, 2004 01:18 PM UTC:
In the games Peter and I have played, it was very unforgiving of error.
Once a player fell behind, he was pretty much toast. Having the
initiative was critical.
If the pieces weren't recycled, the available force would rapidly become
insufficient. Capturing with anything but the royal piece is no
advantage, and even capturing with royal piece, which eliminates the
captured piece from the game, can involve a loss of tempo which can be
fatal.