This thread was continued on Joe Joyce's Modern Shatranj page. And now an early announcement:
rnexkehr/f1u1pppp/pppp4/8/8/4PPPP/PPPP1U1F/RHEKXENR is the initial setup for an 8x8 variant of Great Shatranj - a joint project of Joyce and Paulowich. Here: H = Woody Rook, from Ralph Betza's Remarkable Rookies. E = Elephant and X = Great Elephant, from Peter Aronson's White Elephant Chess. F = Minister (N+H) and U = High Priestess (N+E), from Joe Joyce's Two Large Shatranj Variants page.
rnexkehr/f1u1pppp/pppp4/8/8/4PPPP/PPPP1U1F/RHEKXENR is the initial setup for an 8x8 variant of Great Shatranj - a joint project of Joyce and Paulowich. Here: H = Woody Rook, from Ralph Betza's Remarkable Rookies. E = Elephant and X = Great Elephant, from Peter Aronson's White Elephant Chess. F = Minister (N+H) and U = High Priestess (N+E), from Joe Joyce's Two Large Shatranj Variants page.