Dameo by Christian Freeling might be a good fit here. It is a highly regarded abstract but I don't think lidraughts is interested in modern draughts variants so I don't expect to see it implemented there.

I also enjoy Camelot, which is a draughts-like game similar to breakthrough in that the goal is to race the pieces to the end. It used to be very popular in the 1930s but unfortunately it went out of print.

I heard from T0afer that the American Checkers Federation might hold official tournaments here for American/English checkers. If they do that sounds like a great way to increase traffic, so that is exciting news.

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@ganelon
(1) Camelot is highly tactical crossover game , but I enjoy Camelot glukkazan.github.io/ and also its cousin Suffragetto glukkazan.github.io/checkers-like/suff.htm :)
(2) Philosophy shogi checkers (history and rules en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_shogi_checkers ) is very exciting variant for those who are familiar with English rules, but are interested in trying something different on larger board. You can watch example youtu.be/ayUZGlfc0dM .
(3) Double move draughts are also to be considered. For example, Celtic draughts is played under English rules, with only exception, that each player must make double moves, and one who can't make double move, is lost. Short game example youtu.be/r8U0KJhw3tk .

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@ganelon Dameo would be a fantastic game to have here. It's one of the best checkers variants out there, but it would probably be a lot more work than modifying one of the existing variants.

It would likely be more "cost effective" in terms of driving traffic to program Turkish checkers to be easily modifiable into dameo and then try to see if a relationship with the Turkish checkers federation for online play can be established. Both are orthogonal checkers games with Dameo being mostly a turkish variant

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Sorry for so much insistence friends. You have to make a little effort and change the diagonal of the Spanish queen to the right. The game is distorted as it is today. Change the numbering too. Please do it.

A good idea are Turkish draughts

Although time by time I play Turkish, Armenian and Greek draughts, I can only wonder why many players rely on Turkish draughts primacy. I acknowledge that Turkish draughts is far more popular than Armenian or Greek, but I have to say that there is one downside which can bring dissatisfaction for unexperienced players: repetitious horizontal moves. Basically, it allows to play for threefold repetition and it is a reason why "1 draughtsman vs. 1 king" is a draw.
Just for comparison purposes, in "Altai Shatra" a player can't move a draughtsman between same squares in the next moves: a player must play some intermediate move before a draughtsman returns back to previous square.

Zamma or Dhamet will be good too.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamma

glukkazan.github.io/checkers-like/zamma.htm

@Pokshtya Zamma is good for rapid games, but it is unplayable in blitz, if both players make solid moves.

Another draughts variant that interests me is Thai checkers. It's the only variant I know of where the pieces are removed during the capture sequence rather than at the end. It also has capture rules similar to killer draughts. I wonder why it ended up having eight pieces instead of twelve though.

Killer draughts itself is also interesting. From what I've read it seems like the most well known variant of international draughts designed to reduce draws, but I'm not aware of any sites where it is available to play, which is unfortunate.

www.mindsports.nl/index.php/arena/draughts/500-thai-checkers
www.mindsports.nl/index.php/arena/draughts/382-killer-draughts-rules

@ganelon You might enjoy Argentinian draughts:
(a) 8x8 board;
(b) 12 draughtsmen for each side;
(c) Spanish capturing rules (no backwards jumping for simple draughtsmen; "flying" king; quantity and quality rules are applicable) + extra rule, similar to Killer draughts:
King must land directly behind every captured piece (regardless of quality!), and only afterwards king can continue capturing, if it is possible. Thus "2 kings vs. 1 king" is winning endgame for the strongest side.
You can try Argentinian draughts at glukkazan.github.io/checkers/argentinian-checkers.htm .

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