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A different approach that gives a similar effect is to use a very large board, a fair number of pieces, good separation between the sides, some sort of pawn[like] screen or short range pieces, and several moves per side per turn. The combined effect of these is to give a game something very like mobilization, except that it occurs in the first few 'active' turns of the game. Any sort of mobilization does away with opening books, a result that seems to be legitimately desired in this field.