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Of course, an often overlooked part is how risky it is to transform the game to far.
Cat seemingly mainly wants to shove all the pawns out of the way so its suddenly mostly a game between rocks and bishops.
Something in part done by limiting the involvement of named in politics. But that still leaves the game between Above and Beneath running.

Meanwhile, on flipping the board, or transforming it into something else.
Well.. if your computer start to lock up or bug, then you generally format it, right?
How pleasant would it be for the inhabitants if the world is reformated?