How might one take two FIDE armies and strengthen them in different ways?
Strengthening one player's Rooks to Goldrider might intuitively be matched
by strengthening the other's Bishops to Silverider. Likewise Rook to
Golddragon might be matched by Bishop to Silverdragon. The difference in
the number of moves added would balance replacing a Bishop with an unbound
piece - but would that be balance enough given that one player will still
have two bound pieces and the other only unbound ones? Should the other
player's Bishops be replaced by something even weaker, like a Copperider
in the first instance and a Copperdragon in the second?
The reason why I ask is because I have had an idea for a themed variant
using Goldddragons and Copperdragons in that manner. Silverdragons would
not be relevant to the theme. I suspect that Copperdragons will be too
weak, but perhaps some partial extension to that player's Knights as well
might balance everything up. I welcome any thought on the matter.
