Kevin Pacey wrote on Wed, Nov 15, 2017 03:06 AM UTC:
Fwiw, after quite a bit more thought, now I'm very inclined to reject 3 of my remaining 4 variant ideas, namely Phoenix Chess, Hannibal Chess and Lieutenant Chess, regardless of any of the setups I've considered, but I still see little wrong with my Frog Chess variant idea, either in the case of H.G.'s setup (right now the main one) or my original setup for it. See my previous (edited) post for details if interested.
[edit: Note to self (27 Nov 2017): In either case, Hannibal Chess and Lieutenant Chess with just the use of the optional setup (of compound pieces on c- and h-files) might not be so bad after all, in spite of the Centre Counter analogue! Since 'Wide Chess' idea looks promising, consider using Hannibal Chess idea again (doing Lieutenant Chess idea too might now be overdoing things - I might just say {for any Hannibal Chess non-rules enforcing preset} that players can try using Lieutenant pieces instead of Modern Elephant ones).]
Fwiw, after quite a bit more thought, now I'm very inclined to reject 3 of my remaining 4 variant ideas, namely Phoenix Chess, Hannibal Chess and Lieutenant Chess, regardless of any of the setups I've considered, but I still see little wrong with my Frog Chess variant idea, either in the case of H.G.'s setup (right now the main one) or my original setup for it. See my previous (edited) post for details if interested.
[edit: Note to self (27 Nov 2017): In either case, Hannibal Chess and Lieutenant Chess with just the use of the optional setup (of compound pieces on c- and h-files) might not be so bad after all, in spite of the Centre Counter analogue! Since 'Wide Chess' idea looks promising, consider using Hannibal Chess idea again (doing Lieutenant Chess idea too might now be overdoing things - I might just say {for any Hannibal Chess non-rules enforcing preset} that players can try using Lieutenant pieces instead of Modern Elephant ones).]