darth_ender said:

I hope you don't mind when I shoot down your ideas. As I said, when we've hammered out these rules, I don't mind trying more powerful pieces and less powerful pieces. But for now, I want a basic, playable game. I haven't decided on a setup yet, but you are welcome to make another suggestion if you like. You may even make use of your last suggestion, which I know you spend a lot of time working on and I haven't yet shown full appreciation for. If the pieces are different, you might want to substitute the most similar piece I offer here. If you don't want to, I can work on something, but I will probably use your last suggestion as a guide anyway :)

No, I'm fine with constructive criticism and dismissal of my ideas. I throw a lot of things out there just to provoke new ideas, so don't feel badly about telling me you don't like them. It is your original invention after all, so you get the final say. :)

I'm glad my last suggestion was worth something, and I'll try to develop some new layouts for the game; probably using your ideas and working with the new rules of promotions in mind.

I've thought about the lion a bit more, and I agree with you now. My lion hasn't done much more than move back and forth this game, so I may as well have done away with it altogether. I was originally opposed to the idea of a lion anyhow, and I think my reasons still apply.

If you ever want to reference an earlier version of the board, just let me know and I'll upload the latest version of my excel document to 4shared. I include just about every board layout either of us present here, so I'll have pretty much any version you want to look at on the spreadsheet.