🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Nov 27, 2009 11:07 PM UTC:
Rich Hutnik wrote:
Take the example
of Games Magazine in its Games 100 lists. They list chess variants, and
tell people about Grand Chess. People get interested. Ok, now where do
they get the board and pieces? They don't. They have to make them.
And unlike cardgames, we DON'T have equipment readily available at
all. Like, how about going out and getting a 10x10 chess board in North
America? Sorry, not easily doable.
My own collection of Chess variant sets includes two Gothic Chess sets, an Omega Chess set, two Cambaluc Chinese Chess sets, a set of traditional
Chinese Chess pieces, and a set of traditional Korean Chess pieces.
Although the Cambaluc sets are not in production, the other sets are
available for purchase. Besides what I have, there are other sets you can
buy, such as traditional Shogi pieces, the figurine bi-colored
Eurasia-Chess pieces, and a very expensive Courier Chess set. I'm sure
there are others I haven't mentioned here.
Rich Hutnik wrote:
Grand Chess sets sell for $39.00. See
http://www.mindsports.nl/index.php/get/game-material
My own collection of Chess variant sets includes two Gothic Chess sets, an Omega Chess set, two Cambaluc Chinese Chess sets, a set of traditional Chinese Chess pieces, and a set of traditional Korean Chess pieces. Although the Cambaluc sets are not in production, the other sets are available for purchase. Besides what I have, there are other sets you can buy, such as traditional Shogi pieces, the figurine bi-colored Eurasia-Chess pieces, and a very expensive Courier Chess set. I'm sure there are others I haven't mentioned here.