Well, I'm already somewhat unhappy with how this game is going, but I also remembered why I set things up the way I originally had it: I wanted the knight and goose, which are both restricted to the same colored square in unpromoted form, to be on opposite colors of the ramshead soldier so it would be possible to unleash that piece if a player desired by moving other pieces out of the way. For that reason I would suggest you switch your gold cannon and ramshead. Unless this would have altered the way you would have played, I think this is a good idea. It shouldn't affect my cannon/copper defense idea much because if a player still wanted to use it, he could simply move the ramshead forward in the early moves of the game.

But as for the knight so easily infiltrating enemy territory, this kind of bugs me. Still needs some thought. But we'll keep playing from here. N-14

And perhaps it's not so bad, as the knight is a much more powerful piece than in the past, especially when promoted, so I'm not sure you want to capture, giving me the chance to capture and drop at the promoted value. In any case, I know this game is going very slowly, but this is a very busy time. Hopefully things will move along quicker soon.