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| Looking at the Lego at the company site. Saw the chess set. Don't know how old it is. I can't imagine it not being old news, but it made me think of Shiri... good thoughts of course... What would a Fabuland chess set look like? Who could be what? (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| Something about Clara Cow with a rake makes me think of a rook. Could be the little points on the rake. I just taught my wife to play chess using Lego pieces mostly based on 2x2 rounds and 2x2 domes. Of course the knight took advantage of minifig (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| (...) I can see Clara as a rook now that you have suggested her. I don't think I would have come up with the idea myself. To distinguish sides, for me is still problematic. There are 2 different color rakes in the original Fabuland, brown and black, (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| (...) I'd distinguish sides by dividing the animals into types. In this case, Jungle animals vs. Farm animals. The chess board could look like this: Kings: Lion vs. Horse - The Lion naturally and the Horse because he's the noblest animal on the (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| (...) Interesting ideas, they would work, but I am traditional enough that I would prefer having each piece for each side for each position mirror the other except for some color designation. I have a fairly decent size Fabuland population and I (...) (19 years ago, 7-Aug-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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