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I was playing Crazyhouse online on Lichess and I wondered how to play OTB, namely how to change the color of a captured piece.

I came up with 2 methods.

  1. Exchange the captured piece for another of a separate chess set, picking the opposite color.

  2. Pieces are 2d cards, with the Black version of the piece on one side and White on the other.]3

Does anyone know better methods?

Rewan Demontay
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Santropedro
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    Quick dry paint? I think you have already provided the two easiest options. The second one is essentially what happens with Reversi/Othello pieces, which have a white and a black side. – Glorfindel Sep 18 '16 at 19:41
  • Usually I find it is best to just play Crazyhouse online... And play Bughouse IRL, which, in my opinion, is way more fun. – cascading-style Nov 06 '16 at 04:35

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Shogi also called "Japanese Chess" use the crazyhouse mechanics as well. They have one-colored (flat) pieces that always face in one direction. If you capture a piece and bring it back into play you just let it face towards your opponent.

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