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Hey, Carlos. Sorry for letting this go on so long without commenting - was
away for the weekend. [Grin, on business! It was a game designers and
developers workshop I've participated in a few times - Spielbany, by
Albany, New York. But it put me way, way behind here, and I've still got
sleep to make up!] Actually, I think all 3 ideas proposed from you, Greg,
and Fergus are decent, and would make workable tournaments. Greg did point
out the weakness in the 'bring a [short] list' idea, but a certain amount
of good will and negotiating should smooth out most problems there. 

I have committed to this potluck. Were I to propose an alternate game to
Chieftain, of my games, it would be Great Shatranj. Were I to bring a list,
including other designers, I would add Opulent Lemurian Shatranj, by David
Paulowich. As a 4th and 5th game, I would offer Hyperchess - now
Hyperchess4 to avoid any legalisms - and very likely Grand Shatranj. [And
speaking of people dropping by, it was nice to see Christian Freeling
(Grand Chess) making a comment recently.] There is a problem here, however.
Chieftain is the simplest, most straightforward and most obvious of the
games I have listed. And if people wanted to make an issue of new pieces,
all the games listed use several new pieces, except Hype, which uses the
standard chesspieces and pawns, bishops and pawns being modified for a
limited 4D game. 

I ask, in all honesty, if this list of 5 games would provide an acceptable
game for everyone. I consider all of these serious chess variants, games
which examine what I believe are little looked-at areas of chess.