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CarlosCarlos and I are currently playing Bario. I changed my Bario disks to Crescents because Carlos correctly pointed out that when a new cycle begins White and Black need to have their Barios recognized. We are playing such that captured pieces do not get to return as Barios. From an e-mail discussion with one of the editors I believe that the rules will be enhanced in the not to distant future and that the pre-set will start with different Barios for white and black and that there will be a captured piece holding zone (similar to in Chessgi). Carlos and I are using the castling rules from Fischer Random Chess and we are also permitting each side to use two same color Bishops, if desired. In regard to beginning a new Bario cycle, when one player's Barios have been identified and the other player is down to 2 Barios (which are deduced to be different by looking at the captured pieces) then as soon as either one of those pieces moves, both are known and the new Bario cycle therefore begins. Thus, a player needs to keep his King away from possible 'new' Bario lines of attack, e.g., if Black King on g8, White Queen on f6, and Bario cycle begins with white to move, White could make the f6 Bario a Knight and take the Black King (this would be illegal, so Black's previous move would be illegal as it would be like moving into check). I intend to make diagram examples to explain some of the interesting Bario situations.