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Minima. johnnyluken. (6x6, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Johnny Luken wrote on Tue, Nov 20, 2012 07:44 PM UTC:
I'm considering rewriting this game a bit. It looks like it could be refined with a few adjustments.

a) I would upgrade the kings capturing from displacement (which is already covered), to pushme-pullyu, and then removing that officer piece itself, as an  option. Seems slightly more elegant, and makes the king a more interesting and powerful piece.

b) this however allows the king to immediately capture on 1st turn. This can be counterracted by mirrored setup with each king facing an coordinator, which could immediately capture the king in retribution. An immobiliser can be placed on the other side of the coordinator, to attack the king if it captures the other pawn.

c) pushme-pullyu/displacer/long leaper aren't ideal promotion pieces, as they dont improve on the power of existing officer pieces. So with the pushme-pullyu gone, I would introduce a new piece on promotion, the remover. This piece is the most powerful piece on the board, capturing pieces with rifle capture over any distance, even if immobilised. In opening setup, its too powerful, but as a promotion piece on a more open board, it works well.

d) the coordinator, as is, is too powerful. I would still allow it to capture passively, on kings movement, but would restrict it to only capturing on the 1st diagonal intersections, and not the secondary diagonal intersections that occur in a cyindrical board. This still makes it at least twice as powerful as an Ultima/Maxima coordinator. The king, in cooperation with the coordinator, can capture up to 6 pieces in one turn.