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Per Joe's excellent suggestion, this thread is for discussion of other places on the web where chess variant enthusiasts explore, play, and discuss variants.

The first thing to mention is our menu item Web, where the most prominent and permanent of these should be promoted.

ChessArena.io

a multiplayer real-time (in the sense of "not turn-based", a la Kung Fu Chess) "io-style game". Beta version announced on reddit, direct link to game. I've wasted a bit of time on this one.

BullDog Chess

I've had trouble in the past tracking down concrete information here, but it seems to be a family of variants played by a group at Chess.com. The club's homepage.

ChessCraft

A phone-app game featuring customizable variant play. Active community on Discord, and a dedicated subreddit. Homepage.

Kung Fu Chess, the app

An app playing (a version of) Kung Fu Chess, including multiplayer matching (but rarely anybody free) or an AI opponent (not especially strong). I hesitate to mention this one, except that perhaps it will increase players and I can try it against a real person. It's also perhaps good practice for ChessArena. Play page.