Teachme2play: sure , I do understand your point ...sure, my "variants" use chess pieces but this is probably the only common thing with regular chess ... it's true for games  implemented so far ... I am only sharing my ideas with you and if you like it, and want to try it, that's fine ... if not, forget it ... believe me, I am BORED with regular chess and only slightly modified rules ... I don't even play (or enjoy) supposedly revolutionary Fischer Random ...
Chess variants are my hobby and I wouldn't take your time and space on this board to tell you about "new" variant because I want my bishop to move like ... a rook ... this is not in my arsenal ... the whole board setup and rules have to depart from traditional chess greatly ... and they are NOT chess at all as much as halma is no diceless variant of backgammon ...

In my opinion ,  games created by me have unusual features and they may attract many players ..
But, everything is in Fencer's hands ...
Cheers,
Andy.