Nice. At first sight, the learning curve is important for me with 33 different pieces. Also the board is very dense, more than the 50% I'm used to work with. I don't know if this is a factor favorizing shorter games.
There are some pieces I like, some I'm less easy with (Nightrider, Grasshopper),some I never used at all. The flying ones seems very nice in this context. Did you consider to use other Japanese pieces such as the burning ones or the hook movers?
Why renaming the Kirin and Phoenix?
I'm not fully convinced that it is necessary to forbid the Warrior to capture normally. Warrior is maybe not a good name if it doesn't fight much.
Have you run some games of it? How many moves did you get typically?
Nice. At first sight, the learning curve is important for me with 33 different pieces. Also the board is very dense, more than the 50% I'm used to work with. I don't know if this is a factor favorizing shorter games. There are some pieces I like, some I'm less easy with (Nightrider, Grasshopper),some I never used at all. The flying ones seems very nice in this context. Did you consider to use other Japanese pieces such as the burning ones or the hook movers? Why renaming the Kirin and Phoenix? I'm not fully convinced that it is necessary to forbid the Warrior to capture normally. Warrior is maybe not a good name if it doesn't fight much. Have you run some games of it? How many moves did you get typically?