💡📝Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Jul 2, 2023 10:07 PM UTC:
After playing a couple of rounds, I can see two things:
1. The Berserker may be too powerful; it can Mate the King by itself, even with a bunch of other pieces nearby. Compound leapers would be needed to defend (maybe replacing one Archer on each side?), so it may go back to being a Lion, but just a straightforward Chu Shogi Lion.
I may still use the Berserker somewhere, but with plenty of compound leapers like the Bison, Auroch, Impala, Wyvern, Zebu, Jackalope (Antelope/Hare), etc. to defend against it.
2. Putting the Generals in the same column as the King and Queen may be a mistake; moving the King's Sergeant puts the King in Check. I may move those Generals to the outside, and line all the Archers up in a row.
After playing a couple of rounds, I can see two things:
1. The Berserker may be too powerful; it can Mate the King by itself, even with a bunch of other pieces nearby. Compound leapers would be needed to defend (maybe replacing one Archer on each side?), so it may go back to being a Lion, but just a straightforward Chu Shogi Lion.
I may still use the Berserker somewhere, but with plenty of compound leapers like the Bison, Auroch, Impala, Wyvern, Zebu, Jackalope (Antelope/Hare), etc. to defend against it.
2. Putting the Generals in the same column as the King and Queen may be a mistake; moving the King's Sergeant puts the King in Check. I may move those Generals to the outside, and line all the Archers up in a row.