Creating a Chess Game...

[Guest]

This could be an excellent SIG! Maybe without any taker....but excellent anyway


Imagine you must build two chess games. Both are inspired on the WWII era.


One must be build using planes. (1/144...?)


The other using tanks or similar vehicles.(1/72...?)


We have the King Tiger, as example....that is the King figure. But, and the others?


Can you help me, please, to choice all the ideal "pieces" of the chess


Think about it!!!


I wait for a good debat, there!!


The plane's experts versus tank's experts


Polux

[dave]

The Bishop self propelled gun is self evident.


The Sherman as the pawn, as it was so numerous.

[Alan 45]

How about an M3 honey for the queen as that can go in ant direction very fast ?


Pawns could be small artillery pieces like the 2lb gun or the Pak 36


A staghound armoured car for the bishops or similar


Any sort of half track for the Knights


And finally stug 3 for the rooks

[Gern]

You would need a pretty big chess board for those. What about using figures instead?

[Guest]

If it was my set ....


Germans


Jagdtiger for the king as it's slow


Tiger II for the queen


Panther for the bishops


Panzer IV as the knights


Jagdpanther for the rooks


Panzer III's as pawns


Allies


Tortoise as the king


JS-2 as the queen


Bishops as bishops


Cromwell as knights


T-34s for rooks


Shermans as pawns

[grumpa]

If it was my set ....
Germans


Jagdtiger for the king as it's slow


Tiger II for the queen


Panther for the bishops


Panzer IV as the knights


Jagdpanther for the rooks


Panzer III's as pawns


Allies


Tortoise as the king


JS-2 as the queen


Bishops as bishops


Cromwell as knights


T-34s for rooks


Shermans as pawns

I thing the Sherman should be KING, with out him you'd be eating "wiener schnitzel" and going to "Wagnerian" operas...o_O

[Tom Rigg]

What about a warship set 1:1200 scale?


battleship-king


aircraft carrier-queen


battle cruiser/-rook


heavy cruiser/pocket battleship-bishop


escort carrier-knight


destroyer-pawn


Vehicle:


Allied.


Pershing-king


Sherman Firefly-queen


Priest/Sexton-rook


Sherman-bishop


Churchill-knight


half track(or recce vehicle)-pawn


Axis.


Tiger-king


King Tiger-queen


Hummel-rook


Panther-bishop


Panzer IV-knight


half track(or recce vehicle)-pawn

[Guest]

I thing the Sherman should be KING, with out him you'd be eating "wiener schnitzel" and going to "Wagnerian" operas...o_O

Ha-ha I'm resisting the impulse to counter that assertion!

[Guest]

Nice idea Pollux. Fascinating.


The Bishop. A piece which is versatile. Can go any where do anything.


The Mosquito of course.


Why. A Tactical and Strategic role. It could bomb, accurately, it could lay markers for the heavy bombers.


Built basically of ply and balsa wood.


Over 8000 produced. Mostly in Canada.


Goring why can you not produce a Mosquito he said.


It bombed at low level accurately hitting the target.


Lancs were lost on average every 20 sorties. Mosquitos 100.


Lancs were inaccurate. Mosquitos very accurate.


It could evade German fighters as it was faster despite being a bomber and having two crew members.


It could provide diversity raids to fool German night fighters. It provided photographic intelligence information.


It could fly from aircraft carriers. It scared the German hierarchy. It sunk submarines. It performed special duties.


It bombed, tactically, the Amiens prison and enable many resistance prisoners to escape.


It also provided the film 633 squadron a film about the heavy water in Norway. Plus a lot of other things.


Produced on spec by De Havillands. What courage what an aircraft


The Pawn.The poorest the weakest of the lot.


The Swordfish.


A remarkable aircraft should have been useless before WW11 began.


The pilot and crew open to the elements all weathers.


Bi plane slow. A machine gun to defend.


Against the odds it incapacitated the Bismark allowing the RN to sink it


It sank a great percentage of the Italian Navy at Taranto. The enemy lost 50% of its capital ships in one night.


It was employed on the MAC, Merchant Aircraft Carriers, merchant ships with a flight deck


It kept down submarines below the surface which slowed their speed.


It attacked submarines and sank them


It sank more enemy shipping than the whole of the British aircraft put together.


It has the most bloody rigging imaginable. Evidenced by me.


So there the fastest and the slowest of British aircraft during WW11. A just most magnificent pair.


Swordfish max speed 139 MPH.


Mosquito maxspeed 415mph


Laurie

[Guest]

All the ideas are welcome!!!


I'm preparing a draw to be posted as an image....this brain exercise needs an image to be keep safely


Remember we need two “bands”.....black & white....or German & allied!!!

[Guest]

. What about using figures instead?

Good point Gern!


Suggestions....?

[Guest]

What about a warship set 1:1200 scale?
battleship-king


aircraft carrier-queen


battle cruiser/-rook


heavy cruiser/pocket battleship-bishop


escort carrier-knight


destroyer-pawn

Great one!!!


I really like it


We can build those naval games...... A7..! You touch it!!!

[Guest]

Remember we need two “bands”.....black & white....or German & allied!!!

Yes well to be naughty Pollux. :P


We won that is band 1. The other is band 2.ops:


Laurie

[Guest]

Seriously guys......The pawn on the allied part must be the Willy!!!

[Guest]

Nice idea Pollux. Fascinating.
The Bishop. A piece which is versatile. Can go any where do anything.


The Mosquito of course.


Why. A Tactical and Strategic role. It could bomb, accurately, it could lay markers for the heavy bombers.


Built basically of ply and balsa wood.


Over 8000 produced. Mostly in Canada.


Goring why can you not produce a Mosquito he said.


It bombed at low level accurately hitting the target.


Lancs were lost on average every 20 sorties. Mosquitos 100.


Lancs were inaccurate. Mosquitos very accurate.


It could evade German fighters as it was faster despite being a bomber and having two crew members.


It could provide diversity raids to fool German night fighters. It provided photographic intelligence information.


It could fly from aircraft carriers. It scared the German hierarchy. It sunk submarines. It performed special duties.


It bombed, tactically, the Amiens prison and enable many resistance prisoners to escape.


It also provided the film 633 squadron a film about the heavy water in Norway. Plus a lot of other things.


Produced on spec by De Havillands. What courage what an aircraft


The Pawn.The poorest the weakest of the lot.


The Swordfish.


A remarkable aircraft should have been useless before WW11 began.


The pilot and crew open to the elements all weathers.


Bi plane slow. A machine gun to defend.


Against the odds it incapacitated the Bismark allowing the RN to sink it


It sank a great percentage of the Italian Navy at Taranto. The enemy lost 50% of its capital ships in one night.


It was employed on the MAC, Merchant Aircraft Carriers, merchant ships with a flight deck


It kept down submarines below the surface which slowed their speed.


It attacked submarines and sank them


It sank more enemy shipping than the whole of the British aircraft put together.


It has the most bloody rigging imaginable. Evidenced by me.


So there the fastest and the slowest of British aircraft during WW11. A just most magnificent pair.


Swordfish max speed 139 MPH.


Mosquito maxspeed 415mph


Laurie

Wow Laurie!!!


You don't leave any place at discussion