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Peter Aronson wrote on Tue, May 14, 2002 05:24 PM UTC:
Well, to damn it with faint (or dubious) praise, it seems reasonable to me, at least at first blush. <p> With forced captures and an attainment goal, the play will not be particularly Chess-like, I suspect. Not that that's a problem. <p> It has some simularities to <a href= '../diffobjective.dir/giveaway.html'>Losing Chess</a>, but only in the middle. I do wonder if the board will just become hopelessly clogged, particularly the middle board. The problem is, pieces can only be forced to move by offering them captures, and captures can only be offered <strong>on</strong> the squares you want to be able to move pieces <em>off</em> of. <p> Perhaps some form of capture other than elevation is required for the outer boards, such as <a href='../difftaking.dir/circe.html'>Circean</a> capture where captured pieces are returned to their starting square.