diff --git a/client/variants.ts b/client/variants.ts
index 6066c5dc7..d871927ce 100644
--- a/client/variants.ts
+++ b/client/variants.ts
@@ -515,6 +515,33 @@ export const VARIANTS: Record<string, Variant> = {
         ui: { counting: "makruk", showPromoted: true },
     }),
 
+    makrukhouse: variant({
+        name: "makrukhouse", tooltip: "Take captured pieces and drop them back on to the board as your own.",
+        startFen: "rnsmksnr/8/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/8/RNSKMSNR[] w - - 0 1",
+        icon: "Q",
+        boardFamily: "makruk8x8", pieceFamily: "makruk",
+        pieceRow: ["k", "s", "m", "n", "r", "p", "m~" as cg.Letter],
+        promotion: { type: "regular", order: ["m"] },
+        pocket: {
+            roles: ["p", "m", "s", "n", "r"],
+            captureToHand: true,
+        },
+    }),
+
+    makbug: variant({
+        name: "makbug", tooltip: "Thai bughouse chess", displayName: "makbug ᴮᴱᵀᴬ",
+        startFen: "rnsmksnr/8/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/8/RNSKMSNR[] w - - 0 1",
+        icon: "Q", twoBoards: true,
+        boardFamily: "makruk8x8", pieceFamily: "makruk",
+        pieceRow: ["k", "s", "m", "n", "r", "p", "m~" as cg.Letter],
+        promotion: { type: "regular", order: ["m"] },
+        pocket: {
+            roles: ["p", "m", "s", "n", "r"],
+            captureToHand: true,
+        },
+        ui: { showPromoted: true },
+    }),
+
     makpong: variant({
         name: "makpong", tooltip: "Makruk variant where kings cannot move to escape out of check.",
         startFen: "rnsmksnr/8/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/8/RNSKMSNR w - - 0 1",
@@ -704,6 +731,21 @@ export const VARIANTS: Record<string, Variant> = {
         promotion: { type: "regular", roles: [] },
     }),
 
+    xiangqihouse: variant({
+        name: "xiangqihouse", tooltip: "Take captured pieces and drop them back on to the board as your own.",
+        startFen: "rnbakabnr/9/1c5c1/p1p1p1p1p/9/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C5C1/9/RNBAKABNR[] w - - 0 1",
+        icon: "+",
+        boardFamily: "xiangqi9x10", pieceFamily: "xiangqi",
+        notation: cg.Notation.XIANGQI_ARBNUM,
+        colors: { first: "Red", second: "Black" },
+        pieceRow: ["k", "a", "c", "r", "b", "n", "p"],
+        promotion: { type: "regular", roles: [] },
+        pocket: {
+            roles: ["p", "n", "b", "r", "c", "a"],
+            captureToHand: true,
+        },
+    }),
+
     supply: variant({
         name: "supply", tooltip: "Chinese bughouse chess", displayName: "supply chess ᴮᴱᵀᴬ",
         startFen: "rnbakabnr/9/1c5c1/p1p1p1p1p/9/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C5C1/9/RNBAKABNR[] w - - 0 1",
@@ -1107,7 +1149,7 @@ export const VARIANTS: Record<string, Variant> = {
 };
 
 export const variants = Object.keys(VARIANTS);
-const disabledVariants = [ "gothic", "gothhouse", "embassy", "embassyhouse", "gorogoro", "shinobi" ];
+const disabledVariants = [ "gothic", "gothhouse", "embassy", "embassyhouse", "gorogoro", "shinobi", "makrukhouse", "xiangqihouse" ];
 export const enabledVariants = variants.filter(v => !disabledVariants.includes(v));
 
 // variants having 0 puzzle so far
@@ -1132,7 +1174,7 @@ export const twoBoarsVariants = variants.filter(v => VARIANTS[v].twoBoards);
 
 export const variantGroups: { [ key: string ]: { variants: string[] } } = {
     standard: { variants: [ "chess", "bughouse", "crazyhouse", "atomic", "kingofthehill", "3check", "antichess", "racingkings", "horde", "placement", "duck", "alice", "fogofwar" ] },
-    sea:      { variants: [ "makruk", "makpong", "cambodian", "sittuyin", "asean" ] },
+    sea:      { variants: [ "makruk", "makbug", "makpong", "cambodian", "sittuyin", "asean" ] },
     shogi:    { variants: [ "shogi", "minishogi", "kyotoshogi", "dobutsu", "gorogoroplus", "torishogi", "cannonshogi" ] },
     xiangqi:  { variants: [ "xiangqi", "supply", "manchu", "janggi", "minixiangqi" ] },
     fairy:    { variants: [ "shatranj", "capablanca", "capahouse", "dragon", "seirawan", "shouse", "grand", "grandhouse", "shako", "shogun", "hoppelpoppel", "mansindam" ] },
diff --git a/client/variantsIni.ts b/client/variantsIni.ts
index 2354d4dcd..def3a835e 100644
--- a/client/variantsIni.ts
+++ b/client/variantsIni.ts
@@ -288,4 +288,33 @@ commoner = k
 castlingKingPiece = k
 # extinction rules prevents to get valid moves for fog FENs ceated on server side
 #extinctionValue = loss
-#extinctionPieceTypes = k`
+#extinctionPieceTypes = k
+
+# Hybrid variant of xiangqi and crazyhouse
+[xiangqihouse:xiangqi]
+startFen = rnbakabnr/9/1c5c1/p1p1p1p1p/9/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C5C1/9/RNBAKABNR[] w - - 0 1
+pieceDrops = true
+capturesToHand = true
+dropChecks = false
+whiteDropRegion = *1 *2 *3 *4 *5
+blackDropRegion = *6 *7 *8 *9 *10
+mobilityRegionWhiteFers = d1 f1 e2 d3 f3
+mobilityRegionBlackFers = d8 f8 e9 d10 f10
+mobilityRegionWhiteElephant = c1 g1 a3 e3 i3 c5 g5
+mobilityRegionBlackElephant = c6 g6 a8 e8 i8 c10 g10
+mobilityRegionWhiteSoldier = a4 a5 c4 c5 e4 e5 g4 g5 i4 i5 *6 *7 *8 *9 *10
+mobilityRegionBlackSoldier = *1 *2 *3 *4 *5 a6 a7 c6 c7 e6 e7 g6 g7 i6 i7
+
+# Hybrid variant of makruk and crazyhouse
+[makrukhouse:makruk]
+startFen = rnsmksnr/8/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/8/RNSKMSNR[] w - - 0 1
+pieceDrops = true
+capturesToHand = true
+firstRankPawnDrops = true
+promotionZonePawnDrops = true
+immobilityIllegal = true
+
+[makbug:makrukhouse]
+startFen = rnsmksnr/8/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/8/RNSKMSNR[] w - - 0 1
+capturesToHand = false
+twoBoards = true`
diff --git a/server/const.py b/server/const.py
index 726af5bac..3b96f2c8b 100644
--- a/server/const.py
+++ b/server/const.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class GameStatus(IntEnum):
         "shinobiplus",
         "spartan",
     ),
-    "makruk": ("makruk", "makpong", "cambodian", "sittuyin", "asean"),
+    "makruk": ("makruk", "makbug", "makpong", "cambodian", "sittuyin", "asean"),
     "shogi": (
         "shogi",
         "minishogi",
diff --git a/server/fairy.py b/server/fairy.py
index 1ca2b9c99..848130213 100644
--- a/server/fairy.py
+++ b/server/fairy.py
@@ -72,7 +72,14 @@ def __init__(
         self.sf = sf_alice if variant == "alice" else sf
         self.chess960 = chess960
         self.sfen = False
-        self.show_promoted = variant in ("makruk", "makpong", "cambodian", "bughouse", "supply")
+        self.show_promoted = variant in (
+            "makruk",
+            "makpong",
+            "cambodian",
+            "bughouse",
+            "supply",
+            "makbug",
+        )
         self.legal_moves_need_history = variant in ("janggi", "ataxx")
         self.nnue = initial_fen == ""
         self.initial_fen = (
@@ -111,7 +118,7 @@ def start_fen(variant, chess960=False, disabled_fen=""):
         else:
             new_fen = sf.start_fen(variant)
 
-        if variant == "bughouse" or variant == "supply":
+        if variant in ("bughouse", "supply", "makbug"):
             return new_fen + " | " + new_fen
         elif variant == "manchu":
             return MANCHU_R_FEN
diff --git a/server/variants.py b/server/variants.py
index 2f829fb7e..af66cee51 100644
--- a/server/variants.py
+++ b/server/variants.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ def __init__(self, variant):
     FOGOFWAR = Variant("Q", "fogofwar", _("Fog of War"), "🌫")
 
     MAKRUK = Variant("m", "makruk", _("Makruk"), "Q")
+    MAKRUKHOUSE = Variant("Ł", "makrukhouse", _("Makrukhouse"), "Q")
+    MAKBUG = Variant("ß", "makbug", _("Makbug"), "Q", two_boards=True, base_variant="makrukhouse")  # fmt: skip
     MAKPONG = Variant("l", "makpong", _("Makpong"), "O")
     CAMBODIAN = Variant("b", "cambodian", _("Ouk Chaktrang"), "!")
     SITTUYIN = Variant("y", "sittuyin", _("Sittuyin"), ":")
@@ -86,8 +88,8 @@ def __init__(self, variant):
     CANNONSHOGI = Variant("W", "cannonshogi", _("Cannon Shogi"), "💣", byo=True)
 
     XIANGQI = Variant("x", "xiangqi", _("Xiangqi"), "|", grand=True)
-    XIANGQIHOUSE = Variant("x", "xiangqihouse", _("Xiangqihouse"), "|", grand=True)
-    SUPPLY = Variant("@", "supply", _("Supply Chess"), "¢", grand=True, two_boards=True, base_variant="xiangqihouse")  # fmt: skip
+    XIANGQIHOUSE = Variant("[", "xiangqihouse", _("Xiangqihouse"), "|", grand=True)
+    SUPPLY = Variant("@", "supply", _("Supply Chess"), "|", grand=True, two_boards=True, base_variant="xiangqihouse")  # fmt: skip
     MANCHU = Variant("M", "manchu", _("Manchu+"), "{", grand=True)
     JANGGI = Variant("j", "janggi", _("Janggi"), "=", grand=True, byo=True)
     MINIXIANGQI = Variant("e", "minixiangqi", _("Minixiangqi"), "7")
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ def get_server_variant(uci_variant, chess960):
     ServerVariants.GOTHIC,
     ServerVariants.GOTHHOUSE,
     ServerVariants.SHINOBI,
+    ServerVariants.MAKRUKHOUSE,
     ServerVariants.XIANGQIHOUSE,
 )
 
diff --git a/variants.ini b/variants.ini
index e14b296d7..214599581 100644
--- a/variants.ini
+++ b/variants.ini
@@ -302,3 +302,17 @@ mobilityRegionWhiteElephant = c1 g1 a3 e3 i3 c5 g5
 mobilityRegionBlackElephant = c6 g6 a8 e8 i8 c10 g10
 mobilityRegionWhiteSoldier = a4 a5 c4 c5 e4 e5 g4 g5 i4 i5 *6 *7 *8 *9 *10
 mobilityRegionBlackSoldier = *1 *2 *3 *4 *5 a6 a7 c6 c7 e6 e7 g6 g7 i6 i7
+
+# Hybrid variant of makruk and crazyhouse
+[makrukhouse:makruk]
+startFen = rnsmksnr/8/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/8/RNSKMSNR[] w - - 0 1
+pieceDrops = true
+capturesToHand = true
+firstRankPawnDrops = true
+promotionZonePawnDrops = true
+immobilityIllegal = true
+
+[makbug:makrukhouse]
+startFen = rnsmksnr/8/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/8/RNSKMSNR[] w - - 0 1
+capturesToHand = false
+twoBoards = true