How do you take your Jack Daniel’s? I prefer mine with a twist of strategy and just a hint of geekery. Oh… and three ice cubes please.
The Jack Daniel’s Chess Set encourages drunken chess tournaments, which can never end good. What experience I have playing chess under the influence ended with one broken chess set and a trip to the hospital for an emergency extraction procedure.
You can play chess on any surface (other than water). Looking for a quick pick-up game? Just draw your own board with one of the chalk chess pieces and you’re good to go.
The pieces might not be as ornate or as cool as some other boards we’ve seen, but it makes up for it with pure utility. The only thing limiting you is how much of the pieces remains after drawing the board.
Prisoners of war, rejoice! Even if you’re stuck in the hole with only your alter-ego to keep you company you can still keep up with your chess game. The LED-lit Masterpiece Game features both chess and checkers pieces lit individually via small LED bulbs.
The Masterpiece game board ships with both a car adaptor and an AC adaptor for playing in most any condition where you have some sort of electrical source. I guess that rules out prison camps, but hey, a prisoner can dream.
Lego builder Brandon Griffith created this awesome Star Wars chess set made completely out of LEGO elements.
Griffith didn’t adhere to the typical chess piece rules. A few of the chess men are actually designed as vignettes from the movie. For example, the king’s bishop is actually a model of Obi Wan Kenobi disabling the Death Star’s tractor beam. Griffith also focused on the board’s durability. So basically, it won’t fall apart when you move it around.
I’ve had chess sets destroyed, maliciously sacked by an epic battle rudely interrupting a game in mid-turn. I swore that it will NEVER happen again. I refuse to lose a game in progress just because I’m on a crusade for religious freedom.
This Chainmail Chess Set is made of the same stuff I use to protect myself from sword wounds while looking damn cool in the process. Chainmail chess adds an element of realism not included with other sets, produced using real .035″ wire chainmail. Game on, sucka.
Featuring a ridiculous 9900 black and white diamonds, this Diamond Chess Set goes beyond opulence and skips right to “I’m so rich I use hundreds as toilet paper” and “I eat diamond encrusted cupcakes” money.
The $224,000 price tag actually seems sort of low considering the crazy amount of craftmanship and the thousands of gems installed in the set. 4500 hours of artisanship was poured into this thing. Reasonable is pushing it. More stuff you will never have a chance to own.
Don’t you wish that your chessboard could sometimes be more attuned to the fantasy of an epic battle? This 3D Chessboard by Ji Lee makes your game look more like an epic massacre on a jagged mountain than a head to head clash on a simple plain.
The newly designed 3D terrain adds a completely new dimension to the already classic game of chess. The King looks even less obtainable now that he is set on his own little pedestal with his deadly wife. Totally worth getting excited over.
For once, Nintendo is moving away from the television set and into the study. Next month, you’ll be able to plunk down $39.99 for an officially licensed Mario Chess set. Nothing has changed with the game but the pieces are based on your favorite Nintendo characters. Yoshi is the knight, Toad is the rook, Peach is the bishop and of course, Mario is the king. It’s a perfect gift for the nerd in your life. Get them off the sofa and into a chair!
Here’s a sweet Sonic The Hedgehog $50 chess set that’s due out in Germany next year. It features Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, A Chaos Emerald and uses rings as pawns. The board itself resembles the Green Hill Zone stage from the first Sonic game. It’s due out in March and while I’m tempted to get one, something tells me that the final product won’t look as good as this 3-D rendering. At least not for fifty bucks.
Straight Up Chess makes gaming and chess boards. Nothing new there, aside from the fact that these games are designed to be played on a vertical surface. Mount the board to your wall and casually play a game with your roommate. You have to take a piss, you make a move. Cooking dinner, make a move. Grabbing a condom from the sofa cushion, make a move. It’s quite elementary, my friends.
