Every variant family has atleast two variants-
Chess (12)
Draughts (11)
Lines of Action (2)
Abalone (2)
Backgammon (3)
etc.

EXCEPT
Amazons

My suggestion is to have an amazons variant-
no major changes- just that either (or both)-
1) change of movement
2) change of starting position

honestly, the only reason i say this is so that we will have an amazons medley and another shield to play for.

See if it works

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I think it would be good to have placement amazons.

1. Empty board
2. Player 1 places his first amazon piece anywhere on the 10x10 board, then player 2 places his first amazon piece, then player 1 places his second piece, etc.
3. After all 8 have been placed, don't know if it's more balanced if player 1 or player 2 gets the first move

Standard amazons has a big diadvantage for the second player, so I think it's good to try to even it out

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yes nice idea,
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Or how about a hexagonal board?

Yes you can change the board size like in other games Othello, abalone, Breakthrough, Go, ...

yes