I think I like gothic chess.great idea.
chinese chess is good too,wonder if fencer ever thought of it for here?
my idea for a variant would be "seige chess"
same as gothic chess.
played on 10x10 board
the addition of 2 new pieces,2 of each:
the cannon-movement rules as per in chinese chess.
(my newly invented piece,the archer)
the archer-movement is horizontal or vertical,can move 2,3, or 4 spaces only.it can not move 1 space.
can jump over pieces to land on a space.
because of the larger board,the number of pawns will be increased.