I could't believe this is true :( I participated in the first Morelli World Championship and he sent a realMorelli set to me, he was so nice .. RIP Richard Moxham, we'll remember you and your game.
Richard not only invented the very complex and deep Morelli, but also recently designed a double very interesting and elegant game Necnon, see https://www.richardmoxham.com/not-even-close-2/
I hope you find great people to play with in the heaven of game inventors.
While I wasn't a fan of the meta game that has developed in Morelli on littlegolem and got into (unpleasant) arguments with him about it, I agree that Morelli is an interesting game people should try out and unlike any other game I have played. Smart man, despite our disagreements all respect to him.
Yes great game, had to stop playing because it was requiring me more than a minute to play moves to stay in the game
The board fits in with the modern design of using distinct colours (might see colour addition to chess pieces soon, that will upset the traditionlists)
Great player, had some good chats about playing tactics, but did not manage to catch up with his skills