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H. G. Muller wrote on Tue, May 14 04:46 AM EDT in reply to Lev Grigoriev from 03:35 AM:

The army seems weak. Rule of thumb is that leapers with 8 targets are similar in value to Knight, with 12 targets slightly weaker than Rook, and with 16 targets about half-way between R and Q. And on 8x8 leaps longer than two are usually worth less than those to the first two 'rings'.

Because of the distant leaps the initial position might not be quiet, so that you can gain some material in the opening to restore the balance. (But a single H move is not that dangerous, as it has no forking power.) But even if that was the case, a non-quiet start position is not a good trait.

And I think the proper English word is 'Amphibians'.

Lev Grigoriev wrote on Tue, May 14 03:35 AM EDT:

Can we test the balance of this army against FIDEs? I’ve played against Daniel Zacharias as white Amphibies and won easily. Then I decided to make them black. How it’s now?

HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Apr 28 05:57 AM EDT:

I was also thinking about CwDA Army where each piece can move like a Trebuchet (H) & it's almost exactly like this except instead of Frog (FH) I use Brogop (BH). I called it Treacherous Trebuchets.