If you could design a set of chessmen themed after the Lord of the Rings trilogy, what would it be like? This thread was inspired by the one on Star Wars.

black:

king: Sauron

Queen: i dunno...Shelob

bishops: Sarumon

knights: Uruk'Hai

Rooks: Balrog

Pawns: Ring Wraiths

 

white

 

king: Strider/Aragorn

queen: Arwen

bishops: Gandolf

Knights: Boromir, Faramir

Rooks: Ents

Pawns: Assort Hobbits

 

 

note the lack of legolas... 

 

i believe such a thing already exists, a friend of mine had it, although i cant remember the specific pieces. i do remember orks were in there somewhere...

http://www.lotrfanshop.com/lotrshop/chess.asp 

Antique Bone Finish - HEROES

King - Aragorn
Queen - Arwen
Bishop - Gandalf
Bishop - Frodo
Knight - Merry
Knight - Pippin
Rook - Legolas
Rook - Gimli
Pawn - Sam

Antique Bronze Finish - VILLIANS

King - The Tower of Barad-Dur
Queen - Ringwraith
Bishop - Gollum
Knight - Warg Rider
Rook - Wormtongue
Pawn - Orc

Price: $39,99

Boring304,
Couldn't get your link to work, so here's another.  

http://www.lotrfanshop.com/lotrshop/chess.asp

I came over this one at The Chess store:

 http://www.thechessstore.com/product/LR190SSA/Lord_of_the_Rings_Hand_Decorated_Theme_Chess_Set.html

 

http://www.lotrfanshop.com/lotrshop/chess.asp

I actually own that board... though it was for a much more reasonable price. It is a very nice board, as I'm a big fan of both chess and LOTR.

Funny how people react when I tell them I've never played a game on it. Then I pull out my little $8 magnetic board and I tell them I've easily played over 100 games on this one.

Maybe someday I'll have my little magnetic chessboard sitting on an expensive display, and I'll tell people how I've retired that board.

I, too, have never played a game on my LOTR set.  I can't stand playing a game unless both players are comfortably clear on what each piece represents.  Non-traditional sets are purely decorational.

True enough. I had a girlfriend once who went to brazil to see her family... I gave her some money and asked for a ronaldinho jersey, she brought me back a chess set carved from stone. It was nice but the bishops looked like big pawns and the queen looked like the king, just half a head shorter.

She was distraught that it wasn't my everyday chess set.

I don't let my wife buy me chess sets, I find I can only really play with very classical looking pieces.

Having said that, I do love my LOTR chess set. It's very showy.

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Yep me too.  I paid about 600 quid for one.  LOTR is one of the reasons I started playing Chess, there are several references to the game in the book which I read 16 times. 

I also don't play Chess on it.  It's a good ornament but after a time I realised this involved too much dusting down of the board.  So all the pieces now sit inside.  Patiently waiting on my death, after which some relative will wind up punting it on e-bay.