Diamont Chess tuning....

[sythyry]

Terrycloth notes stuff that I interpret as, "the first player has a huge advantage, instantly putting the second player on the defensive." I saw that too: the first player can get an orren in the river instantly, which is a very big deal.

Also, I've found crossing the river to be very awkward. If you put a piece in the river, you're pretty much begging to be forked, since the river itself is attacking the piece that's in it. Also, having an orren in the river is a huge advantage.

1 = hate the idea, 10 = love it.

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Comments

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

That was one of the options from the survey, but it makes the orren pretty crappy.

[solanth.livejournal.com]

I think it's less crappy than it sounds, because you wouldn't really want to capture the orren by spear if it was in the river, since you'd also be giving up the following turn getting the capturing piece back out of the river.