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Treeleaders Chess. Large variant with non-similar armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Erez Schatz wrote on Wed, Sep 15, 2004 02:51 PM UTC:

Hardly negative, I finally get some information on how the game is
actually
perceived.

The colourbound pieces were intentionally placed symmetrically, as it
creates an interesting balance, both thematically and technically. The
Vampires are a very strong piece, weakened by the movement stipulation
and
by colourbounding. Placing the Vampires on white and black would give the
two pieces over-dominancy in the game. This also made me decide to keep
the Bishops on same-colour squares. I tried fiddling with a bit
off-conservative ideas, like different armies and a board that is not
nXn,
and it does has its advantages, but also its disadvantages.

As for the presentation, ignoring the typo, the alfaerie pieces are
always
a manner of hit and miss, I chose the diagonal cannon image since that
one
at least resembled a cannon, unlike the others.

Still thanx for the comment, and I hope you enjoyed playing the game.