Manhattan Nocturne Chess

New York after midnight, translated into a complete architectural chess set with ordinary chess rules.

By Alice. (2 of 2)

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A full chess set for serious play. For players and collectors who want a chess set that plays by the book but looks like nothing else on the shelf. Every game uses standard rules: eight pawns, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, a queen and a king per side, moving across a normal 8x8 board reimagined as a nighttime city grid.

New York after midnight, translated into a complete architectural chess set with ordinary chess rules.

By Alice.

Two armies, one grid. A complete chess set built for standard play: sixty four squares in a charcoal grid, alternating with warm brass light squares, sixteen pieces per side. Every rule is the one you already know, only the color story changes: pale stone faces pieces cast in dark graphite steel.

One board, six roles, two finishes.

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