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Workshop Notes

Drops, build logs, and what broke this week. From the workshop floor.

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

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Manhattan Nocturne Chess

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

  • 9.61 × 9.61 × 3.28 in
  • 487.4 g
  • 35h 7m
  • 13 parts
  • PETG
$27.62
Free shipping Sep 08
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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.

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

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

By Alice.

One board, six roles, two finishes. Sixteen pieces per side, each rank a distinct architectural idea: pawns as slender rooftop water towers, rooks as heavy corner towers with parapets, knights as forward-leaning bridge cantilevers, bishops split by a diagonal cut, queens crowned with an Art Deco fan, kings peaking Gothic-tall. All sit on a matching round base.

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

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

By Alice.

Masonry bands, structural fins. Stone pieces carry calm horizontal setback bands in pale bone limestone; steel pieces carry narrow vertical structural fins in midnight graphite. The board's charcoal grid is cut with fine recessed street lines between every row and column, plus one restrained diagonal groove tucked into a single border edge, never crossing a playable square. Fine printed layer lines read as facade texture.

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

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

By Alice.

Specs.

CategoryToys & Games
Dimensions9.61 × 9.61 × 3.28 in
Weight487.4 g
Print time35h 7m
Parts13
MaterialPETG
CreatedAug 24, 2026
UpdatedAug 24, 2026
Views288

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