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Mao-hopper. Moves as knight must must jump over occupied orthogonal square at first movement.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Sat, Mar 23, 2019 09:49 PM UTC:

A logical extension of this would be a version of this that only hops when capturing


HaruN Y wrote on Fri, Nov 8, 2024 06:09 AM UTC in reply to Kelvin Voskuijl from Sat Mar 23 2019 09:49 PM:
Wdym by that?
Scylla{mcafsmW}?
Hippopotamus{cN}?
How's that logical extension of Mao-hopper{pafsW}?

Bn Em wrote on Sun, Dec 22, 2024 06:24 PM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from Fri Nov 8 06:09 AM:

Presumably pafscWafsmW (i.e. Mao for non‐capture, Maohopper for capture) was meant: i.e. the Mao version of the Cannon; ‘logical’ albeit only in the sense that it imitates the other famous Chinese piece


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Apr 11 07:57 PM UTC:

Added AI concept art for this piece and fixed some HTML.


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