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A. M. DeWitt wrote on Mon, Sep 2 03:13 PM UTC:

@H. G. Muller,

I am making a new chess variant, Reiwa Dai Shogi, that is basically Dai Shogi with better piece balancing, replacing the weak pieces with stronger ones with stronger promotions.

However, I am struggling to make a good power piece for the game. Ideally, I want something that is stronger than the Lion but still has difficulty mating.

I figured it would be a good idea to have you weigh in on this, since you know a fair deal about Chu Shogi and the historical variants.

Here's a diagram of my first in-dev version. Lion is currently subject to trading rules due to lack of a stronger power piece ATM. The only new pieces are the Ram's-Head Soldiers on c1 and m1.

files=15 ranks=15 promoOffset=22 promoZone=5 maxPromote=19 promoChoice=+ royal=100 protected=21 counterStrike=21 protected=32 counterStrike=32 tradeThreshold=2 royal=22 royal=30 stalemate=win graphicsDir=/membergraphics/MSdaishogi/ whitePrefix=w blackPrefix=b lightShade=#ffe682 darkShade=#ffe682 graphicsType=png?nocache=true squareSize=36 symmetry=rotate firstRank=1 newClick=1 Pawn:P:fW:p:a5-o5 morph=| Go Between:I:vW:go:e6,k6 Copper General:C:vWfF:c:e1,k1 Silver General:S:FfW:s:f1,j1 Gold General:G:WfF:g:g1,i1 Ferocious Leopard:F:FvW:fl:d1,l1 Blind Tiger:T:FsbW:bt:g2,i2 Drunk Elephant:E:FfsW:de:h2 Phoenix:X:WA:ph:i3 Kirin:O:FD:kn:g3 Lance:L:fR:l:a1,o1 Ram's-Head Soldier:RS:fB:fst:c1,m1 Reverse Chariot:A:vR:rv:a2,o2 Side Mover:M:sRvW:sm:b4,n4 Vertical Mover:V:vRsW:vm:c4,m4 Bishop:B:B:b:d3,l3 Rook:R:R:r:d4,l4 Dragon Horse:H:BW:dh:e4,k4 Dragon King:D:RF:dk:f4,j4 Queen:Q:Q:q:i4 Lion:N:KNScaKmcabK:ln:g4 King:K:K:k:h1 Tokin:+P:WfF:g2: Drunk Elephant:+I:FfsW:de2: Side Mover:+C:sRvW:sm2: Vertical Mover:+S:vRsW:vm2: Rook:+G:R:r2: Bishop:+F:B:b2: Flying Stag:+T:vRsWF:fs2: Prince:+E:K:k: Queen:+X:Q:q2: Lion:+O:KNScaKmcabK:ln2: counterStrike=21 White Horse:+L:vRfB:wh2: Free Wolf:+RS:sRfBbW:fw: Whale:+A:vRbB:wl2: Free Boar:+M:BsR:fb2: Flying Ox:+V:BvR:fo2: Dragon Horse:+B:BW:dh2: Dragon King:+R:RF:dk2: Horned Falcon:+H:BbsRfWfDfcavWfabW:hf2: Soaring Eagle:+D:RbBfFfAfcavFfabF:se2:

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