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I see a small typo: "Slikes" orthogonally.
The Kirin is also a sort of Dragon, although connected to the giraffe.
Another nice Dragon is Fergus's one in Caissa Britannia, AADD. Maybe an alternative for the QN (which is a Dragon only in Musketeer Chess, a mistake even in the words of its author who didn't know so much chess variants when he created his game).
Thanks for the catch, and the info!
I might replace the Flying Dragon here with the Kirin. However, the Caissa Britannia one is both too limited (it can only reach 1/4 of the spaces on the board) and too disruptive (it can leap the line of Pawns right away) for my purposes. (That said, I'd add it if I was willing to put this on a larger board.)
I think this is a good start, but I think there are ways to make it better.
- Having one Dragon King and Dragon Horse instead of two
- Adding a pair of Kirins in place of the second Dragon King and Dragon Horse
- Giving the Dragon a different, but still powerful, move, such as Bishop+Nightrider (BN0) (The current one can easily force mate by itself, which is usually too powerful for a chess game)
Otherwise, I think this page is good enough to be approved.
This is actually supposed to be playable with a basic set, so the Kirin addition wouldn't work.
(That said, I do plan on doing a "Greater Dragon Wars" with every kind of and variation on dragons that I can find.)
I'll investigate using BNN for the Dragon. I want to only use established Dragon pieces.
This is actually supposed to be playable with a basic set, so the Kirin addition wouldn't work.
Just flip one of the Rooks to represent the Dragon King or Dragon Horse. Ultima does the same thing.
The BNN/BN0 move comes from one of my older games, Ryugi.
I gave a bit of thought, and decided to go with your Ryu (BNN) suggestion. The Amazon Dragon (and Kirin) will have to wait for Greater Dragon Wars. :)
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Here's another one that is ready for review, and possibly publication, in record time.