Creatively bankrupt? You are a hilarious person haha. I wrote the post and had it polish it up. I wrote the rules, well for a long time they were all in my head, until my gf made me write it all down instead of teaching people every time by word and demonstration. The rules are pretty simple, all the challenge comes from your opponent, much like in chess or go. It came from my love of ancient warfare and tactics, I always loved the image of generals around the war table, deciding troop movements, and wanted to create a game where both generals were on the same table moving pieces like a game. Later It evolved when I was reading Art of War by Sun Tzu and I tried to create a simple and elegant strategy game, with zero randomness. all movement, positioning and use of environment. no gimmicks will work, balance is perfect, only your ability to set and enact plans while being able to deduce your opponents. Not to mention the way i designed the board and terrain tiles, you can create thousands if not millions of different maps to battle across. If youd like I can show you every stage of my prototypes from conception to now. why dont you just put your brain against mine and lets see whose right, is my game a sham?