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Larry Smith wrote on Sat, Aug 29, 2009 03:30 AM UTC:
The BenYe(running leaf) is definitely stronger than the Queen. And the 
JiaoYe(angled leaf') is stronger than the Bishop. And the FeiYe(flying leaf) is stronger than the Rook. And these strengths are present from the opening to the endgame.

The TianWang(heavenly king) is stronger than the King. But since it must always maintain a defender, it loses strength as the game progresses. And yes, it is based upon the Emperor piece from several historical Shogi variants and I took creative license in its re-naming so that it fit the overall theme of the game.

And the RuoShi(young lion) is permitted up to two captures during its move. The 'igui' capture was denied to force the player to reposition this piece when used, offering the opponent potentially new lines of attack through the player's defenses.

Now before anyone points out that the title and the names of pieces are Chinese, allow me to say that I attempted to blend aspects of the three dominant wargames of the World. Mad Queen, Shogi and XiangQi. Thus the number of pieces being from the European game, several piece types having similarity to the Japanese games and the overall appearance very much like the Chinese game.

The use of points, rather than cells, actually aids in the visualization of the planar movements.

As to this game being referred to as 'artwork', I gladly embrace this attempted disparagement. I believe the game is quite beautiful, both in appearance and play. But that is just my egocentric two-cents-worth. ;-)

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