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Gary you make some good points, I'll address them below, as well as my two
cents.

I don't think Dragon chess as currently formulated, wipes out openings,
it forestalls them. Since there is only one openning setup, in time,
opennings will be developed. Variants such as FRC and Sittuyin can be
truly said to have wiped out opennings.There are so many openning setups,
and one knows not the opponent's openning setup before the game, there is
truly no way to prepare a openning.

I think Dragon Chess should engage its players in creating new ways to use
the components it offers with the game, and publish more rule sets (It
already publish two sets of rules, standard chess and Dragon Chess). This
does not substantially raise the price, but allows it access to a larger
market, for some small value of large.

On Navia Dratp, if it does get abandoned by Bandai, that would be a shame,
it certainly was innovative. Though I'm not entirely sure Bandai did
enough to promote its product. And I am not sure it entirely solved the
piece valuations problem. (though I might be wrong on that, do tell if
that is the case)

On a tangential note, I should note that chessvariants.com is listed in
the prior art (reference) section of the patent for Dragon Chess. This is
a testament to Hans and all those in the community that built this website
into what it is today. Making it a resource for those that want to see the
state of chessvariants today.