This reminds me of Dragonlance with the Black Robes/dark clerics and White Robes/light clerics
If a queen, a king, a knight, a bishop, and a pawn are people, what is a rook?
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KingCranberry wrote:
But when I look up "marquess" it doesn't show the person is a fighter, just a leader.
Weird same thing when i look up a bishop. Couldn't find a fighter amongst them.
A rook is simply a castle.
From good old Wikipedia:
Also of note: Lewis chessmen rooks are infantry:
Compare The suits on the cards to the pieces in chess.
would the ace be the rook?
A rook in my opinion is like a catapult, in old wartime scenarios......
I think that the rook is an army of people that use the same bricks to move towers or something
Or the rook is a tower being carted by something possibly a castle on wheels
if you mold two bishops together does it create a knight ?
No, because the knight and the bishop are worth the same amount of points (3)
Plus I wouldn't think that one bishop would some how shapshift into a horse and the other bishop would decide to ride it.
Nov 14, 2020
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quinnkrueger wrote:
Plus I wouldn't think that one bishop would some how shapshift into a horse and the other bishop would decide to ride it.
The Elephant shape shifted into a Catholic Bishop.
Nov 14, 2020
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long_quach wrote:
ExploringWA wrote:The Elephant shape shifted into a Catholic Bishop.
Correct.
Just as the Chariot "shape shifted" into a Castle.
Maybe Friday the 13th is different, because everybody agrees on everything.
Chucklenutz1125 wrote:
archers
I think so
A rook is a bird.
Castles are the kings and queens strongholds
Nov 17, 2020
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long_quach wrote:
long_quach wrote:
I like the abstractions of the pieces of Western Chess. Abstractions into symbols of power . . .
This is my chess set. It is a splice of 2 sets. The Romans is Caesar Augustus. The bishops are Senators. The Rook is a column commemorating the victory over Carthage.
Black is Napoleon and Josephine. The bishop is Talleyrand. The rook is Napoleon's eagle standard (based on Roman).
All the pieces are in authentic costumes.
You can get them on Ebay, made by Classic Games (antique).
There is a thread at the top of the Books and Equipment forum where you should post your Chess set.
Nov 17, 2020
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long_quach wrote:
ExploringWA wrote:
There is a thread at the top of the Books and Equipment forum where you should post your Chess set.
I like it here. It's more organic.
Agreed, but the Ugly Chess Sets thread under “Books and Equipment” would be more appropriate. Maybe a mod can move it.
King and Queen are obvious rulers of the land. The knights are experienced warriors that do as the King and Queen say. The bishops are spiritual leaders that advise the King and Queen in the war of Chess versus other lands. Pawns are the weak, inexperienced individuals. The rook is the tower in which a person operates from the inside. Think of this person as the general strategist doing his or her own thing with or without the Kings approval.