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H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, May 5, 2022 05:47 AM UTC in reply to wdtr2 from 12:57 AM:

Are you sure the diagram of the initial position is correct? There seem to be some Frogs missing, in an asymmetric way.

The Bishop might be weaker than the Elephant, and the Rook weaker than the Roo. I am pretty sure they would be weaker on 8x8.

The rules for game termination seem a bit illogical, and therefore needlessly complex. Easier would be to declare a loss when you do not have a Princess at the start of your turn, or a King at the end of your turn. (Combined with the usual checking rule that you are not allowed to do a move that causes an immediate loss.) I see no reason for making an exception for when the Princess is in check. For one, it is very unlikely that the King capture checks the Princess, so it won't affect the game much. And if you cannot solve the Princess check by converting a Frog when it should happen, you would just have lost.


wdtr2 wrote on Thu, May 5, 2022 12:57 AM UTC:

https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/frogsandprincess

I think this is ready to be published.


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