Board Game Arena

I think it would be good for beginners if the board where rotated 45 degrees, so that its a corner up instead of a side. That way piece movement can be easier visualised for beginners.

Do you mean like this?

Thanks for sharing your suggestion.

As Jellby stated, we believe what you're asking has been already implemented.
We tried our best to make the player experience customizable, making sure that both new players and veterans (especially those that never played any digital version of the game) would be able to adapt the experience to their needs and not the other way around.
The reason we made the square board orientation the default, it's because it's the most mobile friendly (on small screens, it can become quite difficult to tap the right square with the diamond board orientation).

In case this may help new players: the rules at the bottom of the game screen have images with both board orientations, so that you can easily visualise the directions.

Thank you again for trying Trench and feel free to suggest any other ideas!