Comments by GregoryStrong

Roberto:  Thank you for your kind offer to make the ZRF, but it won't be
necessary; I'll make one in the next few days ...  As you point out, it
shouldn't be too hard to make.  The only thing I'm not sure about (off
the top of my head) is how to handle the alternate victory condition.

I also wonder about the length of a typical game.  I added the alternate
victory condition in hopes of keeping the game short, but
it still might be a problem.  Definitely needs testing ...

If anyone wants to try a game, I have already made a Game Courier preset;
let me know and I'll send an invitation.

Thanks,
Greg

Thanks, Antoine.  I like the Serpent-Serpent capture restriction, and think
it's almost certainly an improvement, so I've added this rule.  I must
disagree, however, that the Bishop is not stronger in the 49-square
center.  In this region, the Bishop's average mobility is 8.1 where the
Knight's is 7.5.  When considering the entire board, the Bishop is 5.54,
compaired to 5.71 for the Knight.  The Knight is probably a little bit
better, but not by much.  When I submit this game, I will include my
spreadsheets with the mobility data...

Thanks again!

Yes, I have changed the rule so that one Serpent cannot capture another.  I
was going to name the piece Alligator or Crocodile, but then I decided not
to because those animals can walk on land; this piece cannot.  Of course,
that may not be an important distinction.  In any event, I will need to
make some new icons soon.  I'm also using a Lion icon in place of the
Druid.  I don't want to name the piece 'Lion', though, because there
are already several different pieces in different games with that name.

I will write up a help file to appear at the bottom of the Game Courier
page, but I cannot post it (at least I don't think so.)  I will have to
e-mail it in to an administrator, and get them to save it...  But I will
send it out shortly.

Thanks!

ahh, of course...   Thanks!

There is no good reason for limiting the colors; I just haven't gotten
around to adding the color-picker dialog yet.

There are several reasons why it would be problematic to make global piece
& color settings.  For one thing, not all piece sets are supported by all
games.  Right now only the Standard set supports all, but the Abstract set
is pretty close.  Also, although right now all boards are 2-colors, the
boards for some games will be 3 or 4 colors.  Finally, I wanted to be able
to provide default settings for games, like Chaturanga, for example, always
appears for the first time on an uncheckered board with the Old World
pieces.  If you could provide global settings, then it wouldn't appear
right by default - it would have checkered squares.

Thanks for the bug report!  Someone had reported this on sourceforge, but
didn't provide me with an example, so I couldn't reproduce it.  Now it
should be easy to track down ...