I am thinking of lines of 12 Pawns (or 10 Pawns flanked by a Ferz on each end) on the 5th and 12th ranks on a 16x16 board. Could be as little as two lines of ten pieces each on ranks 3 and 4 (also 13 and 14). That results in 32 pieces per side and 75 percent empty squares. Perhaps Pawns could promote on ranks 3 and 14. Time to crunch some numbers ... first some 8x8 board values:
I am thinking of lines of 12 Pawns (or 10 Pawns flanked by a Ferz on each end) on the 5th and 12th ranks on a 16x16 board. Could be as little as two lines of ten pieces each on ranks 3 and 4 (also 13 and 14). That results in 32 pieces per side and 75 percent empty squares. Perhaps Pawns could promote on ranks 3 and 14. Time to crunch some numbers ... first some 8x8 board values:
Pawn=100, Ferz=170, Silver General=280, Commoner=400
(FA)=250, (WD)=275, Knight=300, Free Padwar=320, Lion(HFD)=525
Cannon=250, Bishop=300, Rook=500, Archbishop(BN)=700, Queen=900.
Now I am going to adjust these values for 16x16 by using multipliers scaled by the square root of two (16/8). Observe:
[0.707] Pawn=75(?), Ferz=120, Silver General=200, Commoner=275
[1.000] (FA)=250, (WD)=275, Knight=300, Free Padwar=320, Lion(HFD)=525
[1.414] Cannon=350, Bishop=425, Rook=700, Archbishop(BN)=1000, Queen=1250.