Sorcerer's Chess, the Octavo version

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Sorcerer's Chess was written about in 2011 by one of the founders of the chaos magic movement named Pete Carroll in his book called The Octavo: A Sorcerer-Scientist's Grimoire. If you're a fan of Diskworld books, Sorcerer's Chess resembles Stealth Chess in that it resumes the quantum mechanical principle of indeterminacy in the actual position of certain pieces. 

Sorcerer's Chess makes use of "assassin pieces" which make use of "virtual" and "revealing" moves.

Assassin pieces are A and H pawns with a dial around their circumference like a ring that's numbered 0-7.

The Assassin pieces can move the same as a normal pawn, or it can make "virtual moves". When making a "virtual move" the dial on the assassin piece is turned one click instead of physically moving it. The number shown on assassin piece indicates the radius in which it can move, up to 7 clicks. When the assassin piece is making virtual moves (when the dial is greater than 0) it cannot be captured and other pieces can occupy it's space. 

The assassin piece can move anywhere within the radius of it's dial. If there is a piece where it lands, black or white, it takes. Once moved, the dial returns to 0 and the assassin piece can be captured. When it does this, it is called a "revealing" move.