Hello everyone!
I got into x-wing upon its release. Purchased a few expansions and played a few games. I loved it. Though time went by and I had to make some choices. My core gaming experience was card gaming. I started with magic and eventually dropped that model in favor of the LCG. But minis had always interested me so I jumped head first into 40k, that was a mistake. All in all, I enjoyed card games more so I decided to walk away from the mini market.
Now recently I've been introduced to the game of chess. I had been introduced to it when I was a kid, but never really got into it. But I'm hooked. I love chess.
So now I want to design and build my own board. And I wanted it to be thematic. Then it hit me. X-Wing has gorgeously detailed models. Why not? So thats the goal.
The board will be designed to use caring minis as pawns and pieces. But the board is going to be unique unto itself.
It will be a multi-layered board. The base will be Woden framed, but the interior will be a canvas of a major locAtion the the rebels and imperials fought over. Ideas include the battle of Yavin and Endor, but I'm open to suggestions.
The actual playing board will be glass, with the tiles cut and etched into it. This glass top will be raised about an inch above the decorative board by one inch clear support columns. So when a game is in progress, you get a thematic and cinematic recreation of that battle while playing a game of chess.
For pawn and pieces, I'll post the list of my ideas. Beyond the pawns though, I'm open for suggestions.
Pawn - X-Wing/Tie Fighter
Rook - A-Wing/Tie Interceptor
Knight - B-Wing/Tie Advanced
Bishop - Y-Wing/Tie Bomber
Queen - Falcon/King
King - ?/?
Not sure about kings yet, it please offer you input of the choices above, maybe something doesn't fit right thematically, let me know.
I'm get excited about this project and I hope you are to.
Stay tuned for later posts, and as always, may the force be with you.
