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    Default The Dark Tower Chess Set...Who would be....

    Please just post one piece per member, and put it in the format.


    Side:

    Piece:

    Who:

    Why:

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    Side: White
    Piece: Knight
    Who: Eddie
    Why: He's a knight for the white.

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    Side: White
    Piece: Pawn
    Who: Oy
    Why: Seems the best choice
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    Side: white
    Piece: Pawn
    Who: Roland

    He is a pawn of the forces he has no control over, and he is a true samurai - you know how much depends on pawns in chess. He is one of the chosen few (gunslingers). He is dead set on getting to that last row, where everything will change for him and he will make all the difference to the current game.

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    Interesting take, Jean. Who then would be your white King?
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    Haha....duh.....that would have to be Stephen KING!!!
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    Hmm...Roland as a pawn, nice take on that one Jean..never thought of that perspective. No one has posted any suggestions for the Black side, many are obvious..but many are not.

    taking into account Jean's take on Roland above...then is TMIB also a pawn of the Crimson King? Where would Dandelo fit in?..Sylvia Pittison? Who would be equivalent for the black?

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    Side: Black
    Piece: Bishop
    Name: Randall Flagg/TMIB
    Why: He's the high priest of chaos!!!
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    On that note,
    Side White
    Piece: Bishop
    Name: Father Callahan
    Why? Duh
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    Quote Originally Posted by BROWNINGS CHILDE View Post
    On that note,
    Side White
    Piece: Bishop
    Name: Father Callahan
    Why? Duh
    Hey, someone had to do the "Black" side sooner or later!!! LOL


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    Still trying to figure out where ole bad boy Eldred Jonas would fit in...especially since

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    In Wizard and Glass, where we are first introduced to him, sitting at the table in the Traveller's Rest,..Clay Reynolds is thinking (about Eldred) "He often didn't understand Jonas, but he had been riding with him since the age of fifteen....you were apt to end up listening to a cult-manni lecture about the other worlds the old buzzard had visited through what he called "the special doors".."


    so I ask, if you'd put TMIB as a black bishop, then what about Eldred..Clay...and Roy...all pawns? hmm..I'd say Eldred maybe as a bishop or rook, the other two as pawns,,,what do y'all think about dem Big Coffin Hunters?

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    I see them as Knights, mainly because of the horses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bad Karma View Post
    Still trying to figure out where ole bad boy Eldred Jonas would fit in...especially since

    Spoiler:
    In Wizard and Glass, where we are first introduced to him, sitting at the table in the Traveller's Rest,..Clay Reynolds is thinking (about Eldred) "He often didn't understand Jonas, but he had been riding with him since the age of fifteen....you were apt to end up listening to a cult-manni lecture about the other worlds the old buzzard had visited through what he called "the special doors".."


    so I ask, if you'd put TMIB as a black bishop, then what about Eldred..Clay...and Roy...all pawns? hmm..I'd say Eldred maybe as a bishop or rook, the other two as pawns,,,what do y'all think about dem Big Coffin Hunters?
    Yeah, Rooks?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Merlin1958 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bad Karma View Post
    Still trying to figure out where ole bad boy Eldred Jonas would fit in...especially since

    Spoiler:
    In Wizard and Glass, where we are first introduced to him, sitting at the table in the Traveller's Rest,..Clay Reynolds is thinking (about Eldred) "He often didn't understand Jonas, but he had been riding with him since the age of fifteen....you were apt to end up listening to a cult-manni lecture about the other worlds the old buzzard had visited through what he called "the special doors".."


    so I ask, if you'd put TMIB as a black bishop, then what about Eldred..Clay...and Roy...all pawns? hmm..I'd say Eldred maybe as a bishop or rook, the other two as pawns,,,what do y'all think about dem Big Coffin Hunters?
    Yeah, Rooks?
    Round (my) these here parts, Rooks are Castles...Towers....so many names for them...

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    I don't know if I'd put the big coffin hunters on the board at all. Reynolds and Depape are barely above country bumpkin status and Jonas is a failed Gunslinger. I don't have any statistics as far as how many of each class make it but I would think it would pretty high. I don't remember the exact ages but I think it was most guys make their try for the teachers stick between 18-21 with 25 as a cutoff. I know Cort and Fardo before him were bad asses but 18-21 you're in the best physical shape you're gonna be for the most part. Roland won when he was 14. I don't know when his schooling started but if these guys who are waiting for another 7, 8, 10 years longer than Roland did and still training in the schools over those years, they must have some pretty good moves by then.

    Jonas got bested by Fardo and has the limp to prove it. So at least he didn't chicken out and get sent west because he was afraid to try but he still lost. The bch were a couple of idiots with guns led by a failure. Not to mention when it came down to the final battle between them and three 15 year olds, there was no battle. The kids mowed them down with little to no resistance.

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    I was so hoping when I saw this thread that someone was going to make a chess set.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brice View Post
    I was so hoping when I saw this thread that someone was going to make a chess set.
    That would be pretty neat!!! We should put Jerome on it!!! He'd find a route to getting it done if anyone can!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by costanza View Post
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    I don't know if I'd put the big coffin hunters on the board at all. Reynolds and Depape are barely above country bumpkin status and Jonas is a failed Gunslinger. I don't have any statistics as far as how many of each class make it but I would think it would pretty high. I don't remember the exact ages but I think it was most guys make their try for the teachers stick between 18-21 with 25 as a cutoff. I know Cort and Fardo before him were bad asses but 18-21 you're in the best physical shape you're gonna be for the most part. Roland won when he was 14. I don't know when his schooling started but if these guys who are waiting for another 7, 8, 10 years longer than Roland did and still training in the schools over those years, they must have some pretty good moves by then.

    Jonas got bested by Fardo and has the limp to prove it. So at least he didn't chicken out and get sent west because he was afraid to try but he still lost. The bch were a couple of idiots with guns led by a failure. Not to mention when it came down to the final battle between them and three 15 year olds, there was no battle. The kids mowed them down with little to no resistance.
    Thanks for your input! I think, though, you should edit your quote and put some SPOILER tabs around it, as a courtesy to anyone who hasn't already read WAG...

    I just thought since Jonas is one of the "primary" characters of WAG...he should be included in the set...when you think about it, filling each black piece with a different character can be a challenge...there's quite a few spots to fill.

    I would agree with you that Depape and Reynolds may not deserve a place on the board, but Jonas does, if for no other reason than how often he appears in WAG. Without Jonas and the BCH in WAG, the story would be missing quite a bit...quaiff?
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    I was thinking Shardik belongs in there too, somewhere.... hmm... how to incorporate the guardians? Gonna have to draw something up now... hehehe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brice View Post
    I was so hoping when I saw this thread that someone was going to make a chess set.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Merlin1958 View Post
    Side: Black
    Piece: Bishop
    Name: Randall Flagg/TMIB
    Why: He's the high priest of chaos!!!
    How about Rhea for the other one, then? And I think that it should be the White side and the Red side, no?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pathoftheturtle View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Merlin1958 View Post
    Side: Black
    Piece: Bishop
    Name: Randall Flagg/TMIB
    Why: He's the high priest of chaos!!!
    How about Rhea for the other one, then? And I think that it should be the White side and the Red side, no?
    Yeah, now that I think about it, yes...RED for sure. So many other characters out there! Here's a tough one...Does Roland's mother deserve a spot on the board? Personally, I think she and Steven influenced Roland so much (mayhap more than "typical" parents) that each deserve a spot...

    But, does Gabrielle end up on the Red side or the White?

    In the DT Chess set, maybe there should be a "Grey" set as well...hmm..

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    Or a "Pink" set? Doubly appropriate!

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    I know it's a lot of work, but I think you really have to propose an entire set. One piece per member is easy. I can justify why 4 different characters should be the white king, or the white bishop, etc. Making the actual decisions to leave some out and keep some in is the tough part. 16 characters on each side. Who's in, who's out? 8 major white pieces, the 5 of the ka-tet almost have to be in there right? The King is what gets protected in chess, that could be: the rose, the tower, SKing, the beam (bear/turtle) or the beams generally. The queen is the most powerful piece, could be the beam or beams, could be Roland or King.
    For the Black, Crimson King, Walter, Mordred, need to be key pieces. Farson is a big deal, I guess. I would go with Stephen King and Crimson King as the 2 kings. Walter and Roland could be the queens.

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