Game Courier supports many different games. Here is one picked at random:
Shatra - Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture

Monster Chess

If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Monster Chess here.

Red's limited army moves twice per turn. Red need not avoid check on the first move. White pawns do not promote. Chess Variants

These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.

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Written by Ed Friedlander

WWW Page Added: Sunday, December 30, 2001 

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Author: Ed Friedlander.

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This item is a Java program, It belongs to categories: Two dimensional, Each player has a different army It is a 2 player game. It was last modified on: 2001-01-01 Author: Ed Friedlander. Monster Chess.
2010-12-04Steven Streetman Verified as Steven StreetmanGood

I have always liked the idea of unbalanced sides in chess variants. Similar games like the Fox and Hounds and Peasants Revolt are fun games and great teaching tools for beginners.

But me being me, if I have invented this variation I would have called it Thermopylae Chess with each pawn representing 75 Spartans.

And yes, pay no attention to the AI, it plays a very poor game for all variants and should, in my opinion, play no part in a variants evaluation.

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2010-12-04PoorIt's not that unbalanced; the red AI just has no idea what it's doingView [*]
2009-08-22Ace UnverifiedPoorThe AI is terrible. The king is supposed to be their main slaughter house, but when put in check, he just runs away instead of raping the pieces.View [*]
2009-08-18John Smith Verified as John SmithNoneThe applets on this site have terrible AI, FYI.View [*]
2009-08-14PoorI set the computer to play itself. After 10 games, I can conclude that White has a major advantage, winning 5 of the 10 games. Black (why call it red?) only won one game, all the rest were draws. This to me shows that the game is extremely unbalanced.View [*]
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