Bob, don't listen too much on the different comments, except if many converge between them. This is your variant and you put your tastes in it. I like your Helepolis even if I understand why it is not so exciting for others. But for me, it is simple, logical, meaningful. A WDH is interesting, as well a FAG would be too. Personally you see, I don't like at all pieces with complex moves and captures. It depends what you are looking for. Some people are programmers and they find pleasure to get nice arrays and to be challenged how to code their moves. Others like to get special configurations on the board, aesthetic mating situations, etc. Others like a game with small learning curve with moves that you can teach to a friend with no CV-culture. I am like that.
More important is to test your own game. A CV is not just "painting" a board, do a nice looking casting among the fairy pieces and "et voilà". I have some CVs I am not ready to publish because their play on Zillions is deceiving although publishing their board on Facebook got many likes.
Bob, don't listen too much on the different comments, except if many converge between them. This is your variant and you put your tastes in it. I like your Helepolis even if I understand why it is not so exciting for others. But for me, it is simple, logical, meaningful. A WDH is interesting, as well a FAG would be too. Personally you see, I don't like at all pieces with complex moves and captures. It depends what you are looking for. Some people are programmers and they find pleasure to get nice arrays and to be challenged how to code their moves. Others like to get special configurations on the board, aesthetic mating situations, etc. Others like a game with small learning curve with moves that you can teach to a friend with no CV-culture. I am like that.
More important is to test your own game. A CV is not just "painting" a board, do a nice looking casting among the fairy pieces and "et voilà". I have some CVs I am not ready to publish because their play on Zillions is deceiving although publishing their board on Facebook got many likes.
Keep going.