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Any recommendations for some nice weighted plastic chess pieces that will work with the Pegasus please? Black and white but I'm open to other colours. I'm in the UK.

Cheers

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Several of us like the HoS Marshall Library set, check them out. One is red...

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I'll take a look thanks.

Are the pieces nicely weighted?

What does the king weigh please?

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RadgieGadgie wrote:

I'll take a look thanks.

Are the pieces nicely weighted?

What does the king weigh please?

 

These pieces (the Marshall Library set) have a King weight of 0.8 oz (22 g). 

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Thanks @Rsava

I quite like the Pegasus pieces but it's nice to have a change.

Is the Marshall set nice to play with. Heavier than the Pegasus set?

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The Marshall King is slightly heavier

Marshall 0.8 oz (22g)

Pegasus 0.6 oz (17g)

Since I dislike the original Pegasus set, it is the set I use now pretty much exclusively. I have modified several sets to use including a couple of wooden ones. I have pictures posted here of them. 

Marshall Kings are just slightly taller. The Queens slightly shorter. Other pieces all about the same. In addition the bases are slightly larger. I posted pics in this group of the White/Red set on the board. I found I needed to modify them slightly, very easy to do. @HHD3 did not need to modify his. Here is a comparison of the height of the Kings:

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Excellent thanks.

How come you had to modify yours and @HHD3 didn't?

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Not sure, I started using mine and the third game I used with them the board did not register all the moves. I had to stop and go back to the online board. 

I modified them and have played about 10 games since - have not had any issues. Since I will only be using this set with this board I didn't really have problem with doing it. 

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Ah righto.

Was it just a case of attaching the foil stickers?

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Yes, that is all I have done. The stickers I bought need to be cut down for the pawns, I used the full sticker on the pieces. 

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I like this metal set. No modification necessary with black felt bottoms. Available on E-Bay for $69.95. They play well and weigh more, being 100% metal. 3" King.