Larry Smith wrote on Sat, Apr 9, 2005 04:25 PM EDT:
Upon further reflection, it would not be necessary for the chess pieces to
be of neutral color in Reverse Bario. There need be the rule that only
the player may move their King, their Pawns and any other piece occupying
one of their quantum(and, regardless of color, all pieces other than
Kings and Pawns may be claimed with a quantum under specific conditions).
It just may be difficult to visualize the state of the field without much
practice. But this should not be impossible. And this would mean that
players need not obtain any special equipment to play a real-world game.
Or they could simply paint the neutral set themselves with model paint. I
suggest bright green, this should make the color of the Checkers(quantum)
stand out. Plastic Chess and Checker Sets often can be found for only a
dollar or two. So that would not be a huge investment in material.