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Legolas in spandex · 03-25-2006, 09:56 AM

I present SamWiser beer

All the taste, twice the carbs.

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-05-2006, 11:31 AM

I think someone suggested Barrow Downs Chess earlier. So I took it upon myself to design the pieces and board...
Well, it may not be perfect, but its a start.

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-05-2006, 01:03 PM

Hmmm, Hookbill, I can only comment on that with Tolkien's words, spoken by a certain ruling Elf:

Quote:

In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!

I didn't realize that my sinister side was showing!

Well done, and funny!

(psst - one of the Fordim figures is obviously meant to be Formendacil...)

the guy who be short · 05-05-2006, 02:47 PM

Does this mean one Hookbill is exchangable for a Lalwende?

Lalwendë · 05-06-2006, 02:44 AM

Can you play it like Wizard Chess in Harry Potter?

I like how Fordim is the Black Knight, I'll have Deep Purple riffs going through my head now when I think of him.

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-06-2006, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the guy who be short

Does this mean one Hookbill is exchangable for a Lalwende?

I never thought of it like that.
My main thought was "Well, I should be the least important piece."

I was thinking of adding Hills and Barrows to the board itself, but it was getting late and I... well... couldn't be bothered.

Oh, and the White Team should probably be the Wight Team.

Bêthberry · 05-06-2006, 11:46 AM

Sauce as the bishop though? Hmmm. I've never really envisioned him in Bishop's vestments but I guess it is true that loyers tend to cut angles rather than move in straight directions.

Great call on Lal and Esty though! I might have been tempted to name a few other Downers as the Queens but the gentlemen in question might not have approved.

Fordim Hedgethistle · 05-17-2006, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

I think someone suggested Barrow Downs Chess earlier. So I took it upon myself to design the pieces and board...
Well, it may not be perfect, but its a start.

How could you have possibly known how badly I've always wanted to be a black knight?

"Come back here! I'll bite both your legs off!"

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-17-2006, 01:59 PM

I'm a chess piece!

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-18-2006, 07:32 AM

It was inevitable.

Now all we need is the rest of the Mount Zoom Challengers and you can race them!

Celuien · 06-18-2006, 07:50 AM

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Lalwendë · 06-18-2006, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

It was inevitable.

Now all we need is the rest of the Mount Zoom Challengers and you can race them!

Mums across the world will soon be hopping mad and saying "Put that thing away! I don't want to have to clean up all that lava off my nice clean floor!"

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-18-2006, 08:48 AM

Well, it's better than it being powered by... erm... nuclear waste. Or something.

03-25-2006, 09:56 AM	#1
Legolas in spandex Wight Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 102	I present SamWiser beer All the taste, twice the carbs. __________________ "I want to die in my sleep, like my grandfather... not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."

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Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Can you play it like Wizard Chess in Harry Potter? I like how Fordim is the Black Knight, I'll have Deep Purple riffs going through my head now when I think of him. __________________ Gordon's alive!

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Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Makin' a move Sauce as the bishop though? Hmmm. I've never really envisioned him in Bishop's vestments but I guess it is true that loyers tend to cut angles rather than move in straight directions. Great call on Lal and Esty though! I might have been tempted to name a few other Downers as the Queens but the gentlemen in question might not have approved. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

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Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	Ever wonder what your dreams had to say about your personality? Look no further than Doctor Dream's Guide to the Subconscious, by littlemanpoet. As a special bonus, a chapter on Barrow-Downs dreams, complete with dreams and interpretations from this thread is included in an appendix to the text. Available for $19.95 at your local Barrrow Bookshop. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

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