Finally spent some time playing this over a couple days and enjoyed it a lot. Once I had a handle on strategy the game play went smoothly and I settled into some longer games. Haven’t beat it yet though.
The computer opponents are fun to play, seem to have solid AI tactics and their differing capabilities add variety. It does seem like the perfect kind of game for 2-player over serial link… ;)
The ROM looks thoroughly packed and like it’s using compression, cool to see this fit in 32k. Given that it’s a 32K game without SRAM it’s not surprising there isn’t high-score tracking.