A chess set that reads by shape. Set the 8.2-inch board on a dining table for game night: all thirty-two pieces make a complete chess set, round plinths marking one side and square plinths the other, no paint or dye needed. Play out a full match, then leave the board on display as a skyline between games.

Shape tells you the side. Pick a piece up by its spire and its foot tells you its side before you set it down: round plinths stack under one army, squared plinths under the other, no color needed. Heights and silhouettes vary piece to piece, so the board reads at a glance across the table.

Thirty-two pieces, six shapes. The set comes as thirty-two individually printed pieces: six distinct skyline silhouettes make up the set, each one a different Ho Chi Minh City landmark. Sixteen stand on round plinths, sixteen on square plinths, so each side of the board is easy to tell apart at a glance.

A compact footprint. The board measures 8.2 by 8.2 inches and stands 2.3 inches at its tallest piece, all thirty-two pieces together weighing well under half a pound in PETG. The six landmark silhouettes vary from short, simple forms to the tallest piece on the board, each rendered in the same off-white plastic.