Chess Set for Tesla
Here's a spiffy looking chess set:
Chess Set for Tesla: custom vacuum tube chess set
Created by Paul Fryer last year, this “Chess Set for Tesla” takes 32 working vacuum tubes and turns them into chess pieces. Each tube slots into a port on the custom board, lighting up to show their identity via a glowing icon on the top.
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Other then the novelty of it, I see only that someone has to much time on their hands. It would be easy to get the pieces mixed up eh.
"If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction." Bonhoffer
" What luck for rulers,that men do not think."Hitler
Most of these novelty sets are useless.Nonetheless, I always find it fascinating how many of these novelty boards are put out every year. People can't get enough of the Royal Game!
Burke's Joystick: Because Edmund Burke would have been a gamer!
A chess set like that should be played at least once. After that it's likely just a collectors item or artwork as the owner decides.
The IIFT is broken at its core.
Trying to squeeze results in between IFT columns fails because the 2D6 results have no halves, thirds, quarters or sixths to make it truly "Incremental".
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