English Opening

Hey guys, I am looking for a new opening as white. Somehow e4 just doesn't cut it for me anymore, after playing it for my whole career. I'm mainly looking into the English, but any other suggestions are welcome. I think the English would be a good choice to surprise the other players at my chess club.

Thanks in advance!

1. f4 is always interesting

1. c4 2. b3 gets alot of people out of book if they do not understand the Reti Opening.

Especially since that's not the Reti Opening.  Sorry if pointing that out makes me a butthead.  I just don't think mis-information should be allowed to take root.  This is the Reti Opening:

http://www.chess.com/opening/eco/A09_Reti_Opening

With 3. b3 on the third move a variation of the Reti opening has been reached but the moves are in a different order than what you gave:

http://www.chess.com/opening/eco/A12_Reti_Opening_Anglo_Slav_Variation_Bogoljubow_Variation_III

To give you personal suggestions, we'd really need to know your tastes and playing style.

thanks guys, I'll definitely study the English and Reti

I don't think I have a particular playing style, but if it helps, I prefer a positional setup, rather than attacking immediately

Odd that 2. be after 1. c4 does not go directly into the Reti though I could have sworn that there was a opening sequence by transposition that I had rad some years back. Of course, since I do not play or observe the Reti very often, I likely would make the mistaken assumption thet this pawn formation was the reti proper.