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Makes sense to me, and brings consistency too.

Interesting. Even if you take out the Copenhagen games (which may be high due to World Championship etc), the 11x11 board is the clear favourite size. I think perhaps because a bigger board in general makes for a longer game with more strategy options, but too big a board becomes unamanagable, and g...

That seems to be true of the western part of Russia - but what of the far east, eg Siberia, Kamchatka, Chukokta ? I assume that was too far for them ?

How far into Russia did the Vikings penetrate ?

I think allowing King capture against the edge in Copenhagen would make a big difference to the game, and so would need some extensive testing (one of the problems with short testing (eg a one-off tournament with a few players) is that it does not allow strategies to develop against a new rule).

Have played a few games of this, and it works quite well. It gives both players more options, and more to think about. It makes edge forts more difficult to make, giving Black an advantage, so perhaps take out both Shieldwall Capture and Edge Forts to equalise that. It would need a lot more games ag...

That sounds good. I like the idea of a 'fixed' calendar.

Hi, I have played some games of this, but have some questions on the ‘rules’. 1) At what point is the force mechanic (‘FM’) played ? ie a. Is it used at the end of a turn (eg, move a piece to create an advantage, and then play the FM as part of that turn), or, b. The FM is the whole turn and a ‘norm...

Ref: "Which board sizes and which game types have been more popular during the latest two years?"

Does this include Tournament games ? If so it will be biased towards those game types for which you have run competitions !

Tuireann - what is 'PTO' ?

Thanks