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'(Somehow I have an image of a large flightless bird wearing an ugly jacket
and holding a little red book.)'

Yeah, or in the case of a maomoarider, a guy in an ugly jacket holding a
little red book riding a saddled-up flightless bird.  Anyway, after some
experiments I have found that the maorider is too blockable to be terribly
interesting, but that the maomoarider is too unblockable for my taste.  So
I'm currently experimenting with a set of augmented mao/moa riders:
horseman = maorider plus ferz; equestrian = moarider plus wazir; caballero
= maorider plus wazir; postilion = moarider plus ferz.  Of course, others
are possible, but so far I've not tried combining mao-moa riders with
dabbaba or alfil.  These should be in between bishop and rook in strength
and the added one-step moves should give them enough added mobility to
bring their rider powers into play more effectively.  We'll see.