Gs-16
I really appreciate your looking at this. I'm going to take another look at this in a bit, as I'm about to go to bed. But I like what I see so far.
I did have another idea: remove the lance and gold cannon, but keep the reverse chariot and silver cannon as one piece with the chariot as the starting value. This still keeps the piece count down, still keeps the sliding move available but with more flexibility (to get out of the way when needed), keeps the cannon from being too dominating in the game, and still matches up two pieces that move in a similar fashion (as I've tried to do with all the pieces). So if you like, you may fiddle with that idea as well. I'll give more feedback on your setup in the morning. Thanks for your help.
Oh, I will say that I like the idea of bishop/dragon horse (which I'm thinking you probably meant instead of dragon king). The ramshead soldier is cool, but I am glad you're experimenting with some more backward moving options. We'll keep brainstorming. Thanks again!