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Lord of the Rings chess posters

April 7, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

These Lord of the Rings chess posters are the work of Patrick Connan. He delivers geek and chic.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, lord of the rings, posters

The Kraken plays chess

March 28, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There different ways to play chess. If you’re a giant silvered octopus then how’s this for an approach?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, monsters

Star Wars meets Lego over a game of chess

February 19, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is not the first Star Wars chess LEGO set featured on Geek Native and I can see why it’s a thing. Surely we can’t be far from an official Disney backed Star Wars LEGO chess set? LEGO have a whole chess series to explore and this would be an ideal launch. This set was […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, lego, star wars

Batman chess set

January 7, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a chess set for the dedicated fan – ideally, a Batman and chess fan. Sold by Noble Collection for $795.00 the set uses 50 LED lights, around the Gotham City cityscape underneath the surface. Figures include Batman, Robin, commissioner Gordon, Batgirl, The Joker, Catwoman and Riddler. The board itself measures 20 inches in […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: batman, chess

17th century royal execution chessboard sells for £601,250

December 18, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The estimate for this 17th century German chessboard was anywhere between £300,000 to £500,000. That’s a cool half a million pounds. In the end it sold for higher than that; £601,250. The design holds more than just chess; there’s a Nine Men’s Morris board, backgammon in the inside and chess. The board also holds 28 […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: chess

Doctor Who chess

September 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This rather fantatic chess set, in full Doctor Who glory, was created by the deviant artist EldalinSkywalker. This is actually their second Doctor Who chess set, the first was for the tenth doctor and this one is for the eleventh doctor. Evil side: King: The Dreamlord Queen: Madam Kovarian Bishops: Silence Knights: Headless monks Rooks: […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Weeping Angels

Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Chess Set

July 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

To mark the 25th anniversary of the computer game Street Fighter Capcom will be setting a limited edition chess set. Only 5,000 will be made. It’s a 18″x18″ sandblasted glass chess board and pieces are made silver and pewter-colored resin. The chess figures themselves include Ryu and M. Bison as Kings, Chun-Li and Juri as […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: board game, capcom, chess, street fighter

Legend of Zelda Chess Set crafted by legendary hands

June 13, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ben Howard spend three months of his awesome life hand-crafting a complete Legend of Zelda Chess set. Upsettingly he says he’ll only get one test drive of this colourful wonder before he has to send it away. I assume he’s not putting it down… and that this was a commission.

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: chess, Legend of Zelda, zelda

Three Man Chess

May 19, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

A company based in Nashville, Tennessee, has invented a chess variant that lets three people play at once. The game promises not to compromise the traditional rules, makes clever use of a circular board and diagonal moves. I think the circular board looks fantastic. It’s the sort of thing that would look perfect on someone’s […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: chess

Stop motion clay battle chess

March 15, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I miss battle chess. The ancient game let you play chess with – for the time – some enhanced visuals. This video isn’t a re-creation of the acutal game but it is chess, the pieces do move around the board and they do battle one an other. I think the title “battle chess” is deserved. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, stop motion

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