I was reading about a game called Latrunculi which seems very interesting - like a cross between Hasami Shogi & Talbut.

While searching sites, a few different versions of rules since it is a very old game (Romans - BC)

Basic rules (that I like):

12x8 board.
Row 1 on each side are the players pieces (12 each).
Each side has a "king" which starts in row 2.
The back row pieces act just like Hasami Shogi - you move, capture, etc just like in the game of Hasami Shogi. But the goal of the game is not to get 5 in a row, but to capture the opponents king on all 4 sides like in Talbut.

I would add that if a king is along the edge, then only 3 pieces are needed to capture it.
If a king is in the corner, then only 2 pieces are needed to capture it.
King can only "jump" their own pieces, not the opponents.
If no captures are made in 30 moves, game is over - person with most captured pieces wins.

Wikipedia has an entry for the game which shows the board, the the rules listed there are a little different. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrunculi

Other sites which all have a little bit different rules, but overall - looks like it would be an interesting addition to this game site:

http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/latrunculi.htm
http://www.bethanddon.com/page/1168564608.html (about 1/2 way down the page)
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/roma/latruncu.html

We may have to discuss this to get a good set of rules that will work well, but I think something could be worked out.