Hi, everyone.

Like every member here, I like Shogi variant, especially Wa Shogi
amd Tori Shogi.

I also tried to invent my own Shogi variant and developed one as my
first attempt. I called it " Heisei Shogi".

http://pika.cs.nctu.edu.tw/lit/HeiseiShogi.rar

The description is as fallowing:

Heisei Shogi, a variant of Chu Shogi, lets six kinds of relatively
weaker pieces get more opportunities to cooperate with power pieces
like Lion and Free-King. The rule is a transitional blend between
Chu Shogi and Modern Shogi.

All Copper General, Kylin, Lance, Side Mover, Silver General,
Phoenix, Reverse Chariot, and Vertical Mover are removed from the
borad and put aside in advance. Other pieces are still on the
original board setup of Chu Shogi.

Once during the game, a player may put his one of the removed pieces
on any unoccupied adjacent square of the friend pieces, instead of
making a normal move. But only Lance cannot be dropped in last rank.
After this, the piece moves as a usual pieces. When captured,
unlike Modern Shogi, the piece can't be dropped again. Other rules
are as in Chu Shogi.


Would anyone give some suggestion to me? I would take your comment
as an important way to adjust my Chess variant. Thank you.