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Gary Gifford wrote on Sat, Apr 9, 2005 06:54 PM EDT:
In a Quantom Variant which allowed a player to obtain 3 or even 4 of the 4
Bishops, Knights, and Rooks, and both of the 2 Queens we would need
markers for the Quantoms (checkers, dimes, pennies, etc. would suffice).
But we would also need 2 chess sets to allow White and Black to get their
third Bishop, third knight, etc.  

A danger in this game [of nuetral Quantoms] is that the
'Player-on-the-move' immediately after the reset has a strong initiative
(in an otherwise equal position) because he can likely 'define and move a
Quantom' to gain control over one or more of the other Quantoms.  And, if
pieces were of nuetral color and he had lost a Queen during the opening
phase, he could now define the Bario (Quantom) as a 'Queen.' (Whereas in
the Deductive/Dedicated Bario variant, a player could not make a Queen this
way, as his lost pieces are off the board and pieces that were just on
board remain reserved for their owners, plus the color-dedicated Barios
remain the property of their owner throughout the game... however, they
can be captured.)

But it is important to note that being the one to initiate a cycle reset
can be extremely hazardous to one's chess health in a 'Neutral Quantom /
Neutral Color Variant.'

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