![]() The pieces do exactly what the name says, wobbling at the slightest touch or movement but never falling or rolling away. Regular chess is the perfect game for fidgeters, but this set takes things to the next level. The board has some changes as well, with subway tokens for black tiles and Spalding High Bounce Balls as the white. The pieces pay tribute to the most notable places in the Bronx, including Loew’s Paradise, Yankee Stadium, the Botanical Gardens, the Bronx Zoo, and Kingsbridge Armory, with the Fordham Baldies, an old Bronx gang, making an appearance as the pawns. It’s always hard to tell when a product comes from genuine tribute or shameless pandering, but in this case, we don’t care. You could almost build a house with these as the inspiration for the design and decoration. They’re beautifully simple, solid brass constructions with either pewter or bronze finishes that look like stylistic interpretations of the long thin women that frequented Parisian cafes in the 1920s. They can use as many fancy words on this board as they want, but our main attraction to this set is the pieces. $50īrass Art Deco Men on Red Grain Decoupage Board Though, there is the risk that you’ll get ganged up on pretty quickly, which is sure to end some friendships. That’s not going to happen with this board. It still counts as a win, but we felt a little cheap about it. We’ve lost (and won) plenty of games where our opponent boxed themselves in without even realizing it. We’re also very attracted to how there aren’t any corners. Keeping track of two players on a board is difficult enough, though the third person does give us someone else to blame for cheating us out of an easy win. Now, chess is as much a style choice as it is an intellectual pursuit. ![]() They’re changing up pieces, boards, and sizes, even going so far as to mess with rules and styles of the game. We can’t tell you how much it’s changed in those 1500 years, but we can tell you modern people are putting their own spin on it. The game of chess is a timeless classic, challenging players from 6th century India all the way up to today.
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