Kevin Pacey wrote on Sun, Dec 20, 2020 09:09 PM UTC:
Yes, all 4 are interesting diagrams. While the N-like pieces you've added can't all be developed in one move to attack on the opponent's side of the centre (as was my theme), you've gone instead for the theme of balancing the augmented knights in terms of one type gaining an orthogonal power, and the other gaining a diagonal power.
I'd also worried that I had no true minor pieces in my setups (for the CV ideas of Hybrid Chess and Hybrid Decimal Chess), but I comforted myself with the thought that on infrequent occasions I could see 3 pawns being at least a match for one of the augmented Ns, or of the BDs. Personally I prefer a nice straight 2 (or greater) rows of pieces or pawns in a CV's setup, but the classic Unicorn Chess is one example of a fine-enough exception to my preference in this regard. So, I can see your thinking in adding in super-Alpaca-style pieces that are truly minor ones in terms of their value (as you've calculated it).
Yes, all 4 are interesting diagrams. While the N-like pieces you've added can't all be developed in one move to attack on the opponent's side of the centre (as was my theme), you've gone instead for the theme of balancing the augmented knights in terms of one type gaining an orthogonal power, and the other gaining a diagonal power.
I'd also worried that I had no true minor pieces in my setups (for the CV ideas of Hybrid Chess and Hybrid Decimal Chess), but I comforted myself with the thought that on infrequent occasions I could see 3 pawns being at least a match for one of the augmented Ns, or of the BDs. Personally I prefer a nice straight 2 (or greater) rows of pieces or pawns in a CV's setup, but the classic Unicorn Chess is one example of a fine-enough exception to my preference in this regard. So, I can see your thinking in adding in super-Alpaca-style pieces that are truly minor ones in terms of their value (as you've calculated it).