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RF Connector Chess Set

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that-is-super-clever dept.

*no comment* writes "Some clever bloke has come up with his own chess set using a standard chess board and RF connectors." This sort of thing pleases me greatly.

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  1. Weird pieces by Quill_28 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While cool to look at, I always hated playing chess with
    non-normal pieces.

  2. Custom Chess Sets by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I had a friend in the Navy who would make his own chess sets using lead figurines. He always won because I'd forget which pieces were which.

    At least this set it doesn't seem that it would be too difficult to keep track of who was what.

    I hated it when I'd move my 'orc w/wolves' piece and he'd say - 'You can't do that with a bishop.'-- 'A bishop?! I thought that was a knight!!' -- 'It doesn't matter you'll be in check mate in a minute anyway.'--'How?'-- 'You left your king wide open in that corner.'--'My king? That elf is my king?'-- and so on.

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  3. Your post: The Haiku by carpe_noctem · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While cool to look at
    I always hated chess with
    non-normal pieces

    Yes, I -am- bored at work waiting for this last 30min to be done with..

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  4. Don't we have anything else to do? by uberjoe · · Score: 3, Insightful
    As I post this there are 180 comments attached to this story.

    It's a CHESSBOARD!

    Yeah It's pretty cool. Would I want one, sure. But is this news worthy of 180 (181 now that I've joined the fray) nerds chattering about it?

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