btw, the name is likely not going be acceptable (I will need to check in with @qilp on this), since “X Setup” is generally associated with 4 Player Chess alternate setups (i.e Old Setup, New Setup, BY Setup, BYG Setup, etc.).
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Status: Declined
Reason: The gameplay is most definitely interesting, and the initial setup makes sense, however the game nevertheless has issues. We're convinced white has a forced victory in here both in practice and theoretically. The game has too little opening variety: all openings that are flank and not central are lost, all passive openings or all openings which develop knights to 3rd/4th ranks are also lost, all openings which drop a pawn and do not attack immediately after that are also lost. In addition, the remaining openings are excessively sharp, since there are a bit too much double checks. Definitely an interesting variant and a great concept, but it can be improved.
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Chancellor, Archbishop, General, Dragon Bishop on the 11th rankNote