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I also note that the equal numbers of steps either side of the hurdle add up to an even number of steps in every move. Therefore the piece is bound to the same proportion of the board (1 in 4 in 2d. 1 in 8 in 3d) as the Dabbaba. This does not appear to have been mentioned in the article.

Not only are there oblique leapers other than the Knight, there are extensions of the Knight other than the Nightrider move (of which the a1-c5 illustrated is a hopping version). Do the directions have to be straight, or could an Equihopper use a modified Rose move? If it could the one illustrated could hop over the b3 King to reach a5 or to capture the d4 Pawn! Regarding direction names my preferred terms are Knightwise, Camelwise, Zebrawise &c.. A case could be made for extrapolating from triagonal to pentagonal (especially apt for a piece still representing a professional serviceman!), decagonal &c., but mixing animal names with -gonal suggests cubist depictions of animals made up of straight lines and angles instead of their natural curves!

Well, it said -any- direction, so you'd think it'd work in zebragonal and camelgonal etc. directions too, no?
The description of this piece needs clarification. It says that the piece may move in <i>any</i> direction, but the diagram only illustrates movement in diagonal, orthogonal, and hippogonal directions. What about other directions, such as zebragonal or camelgonal? Can an Equihopper really move in any direction, or is it limited to directions the regular Chess pieces can move?
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