how does it work now?
Reward stalemated player
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What makes this game engaging is the social dynamics with 3 and 4 players. With 2 players it is reduced to an awkward version of normal chess. It becomes deterministic. I think this is the reason that so many people advocate for auto-claim-win, to spare themselves from the pain of having to play 1 vs 1 in a huge board. Reintroducing the stalemate rule would give an incentive to players with completely losing positions to prolong this awkward phase of the game, so it's a NO from me!
If I manage to somehow get stalemated, I should be rewarded. Currently I don't get any points, I liked the previous system where I could get 20 points if I managed to get stalemated. This also adds an incentive for the other player to avoid stalemate.
Maybe +10 points for the stalemated player (and nothing for the other), or at the very least +10 points for both players would be a good compromise.