It is true that any one-step piece can have a Lion-like piece extrapolated from it. Here are two more that I overlooked in the original message but strike me as interesting:
This is a Lion restricted to moves comprising Tilegeneral steps. It cannot Igui capture as none of the one-step moves are retractable.
I understood that the Liondog of the larger Shogi variants was simply a Rook limited to moves of up to three steps and could not, for example, capture a piece and continue th moev afterwards. Thgis is certainly the impression that the Tai Shogi page gives. Is this not correct?
By the way, is anyone else having trouble reading the backslashes in the movement diagram? They look fine in the preview, but I cannot see them in the final display of the comment.
Copperlioncub
2 2 2 2 2 \|X|X|/ . 1 1 1 . |\|/| . 2 2 2 . \|/ . . 1 . . | . . 2 . .This is a Lion restricted to moves comprising Coppergeneral steps. It can Igui capture only pieces otrhogall;y in front of or behind it.Tilelioncub
2 . 2 . 2 \ / \ / . 1 . 1 . |\ /| . 2 0 2 . \|/ . . 1 . . | . . 2 . .This is a Lion restricted to moves comprising Tilegeneral steps. It cannot Igui capture as none of the one-step moves are retractable.I understood that the Liondog of the larger Shogi variants was simply a Rook limited to moves of up to three steps and could not, for example, capture a piece and continue th moev afterwards. Thgis is certainly the impression that the Tai Shogi page gives. Is this not correct?
By the way, is anyone else having trouble reading the backslashes in the movement diagram? They look fine in the preview, but I cannot see them in the final display of the comment.