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I would like to do some de-cluttering, or at least consolidating, too, for my own variants. Can relate.
The Trebuqi page mentions, and always will, that there were precursors to that game and might even give their names, but I see no need to include the rules of the older games. Most of the rest do not resemble any later or better variant, because they were never even suited to leading to such games.
But I could suggest to unite related games in one page (e.g., place Dababah-Qi and Trebu-Qi in one page, titled as "None-straightforward hex Xiang-Qi variant" or some another common title; perhaps, in reversed order, as last one is the best).
3 to the 5 was intended to showcase pieces now better showcased by a more recent variant.
3 player Dabbaba Qi and Hex Dabbaba Qi were steps along a path culminating in the much better Trebuqi.
Epping Forest Chess *, Ksmil Crater Chess *, and Neutral Subject Chess are memory-heavy.
Half Shoxiang had a poor response for the original variant and no counterbalancing response for the supposedly better one.
Maharajah's Well Chess * has a very unorthodox board.
Sultan's Elephant Chess * looks like a spoof and coined "Sultan's" piece before I devised a piece actually named the Sultan.
I have wondered about replacing Maharajah's Well Chess with a modest Maharajah v Sepoys variant in which a piece making a long-range move is "in a well" in the sense of creeping back one rank immediately after its move, but am unconvinced of the merits of such a game.
Don't you think the better place to post this would be page of your own game?
May I ask you to specify the problems about these variants? For now, I'll abstain from talking about eight of these, but I will approve replacement for Dababah-Qi if it would change board, opening position and palace, and not set of pieces, because I like how it adopts Xiang-Qi, but board could be better.
3 to the 5
3 player Dabbaba Qi
Epping Forest Chess
Half Shoxiang
Hex Dabbaba Qi
Kamil Crater Chess
Maharajah's Well Chess
Neutral Subject Chess
Sultan's Elephant Chess
Of those nine I would be especially interested to know which ones other CVP members think should go, as well as any that you think I have been too harsh with and should retain.
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