Confusion by Robert Abbott
I don't know if I'd call Robert Abbott's Confusion a chess variant or not. Perhaps it is best described as a hybrid of chess and deductive logic. The interesting thing is: unlike Stratego, say, where you don't know the identity of your opponent's pieces, in Confusion you don't know the identity of your own pieces !
The good new is: after languishing for years, Confusion has finally found a publisher. According to the publisher's website, the game should appear on store shelves sometime in the fall of 2010. It looks like the price will be in the neighborhood of $50US.
The publisher has pasted a Cold War theme onto the game as a typical marketing ploy, but don't be dismayed. It is the same beautiful abstract game it always was.
For more information about this amazingly interesting game, click on the links below. (Note that the BoardgameGeek link will direct you to a pdf download of the complete rules.):
