I made a “luxury board” to support the game. And I placed accessories above to see what that gives.

First observation: a square game board. In rectangle the tray(plateau) is going to create an imbalance between the players. But I’m going to be able to make out a verification for many rules and that is going to give me time to find a better board.

The second observation: my islands are too big…. In spite of the thickness of the board (83 x 54 ½ cm), I see that that is going to complicate attacks too easily. And that, we not want that!!

Updated on my list of ideas. I blocked the ideas that I did not retain. Maybe not definitively but at this stage, these ideas makes that to weigh down the play which I want simple on the base.