From: s.manning@ic.ac.uk
Date: Fri 08 Apr 1994 - 18:53:40 EEST
Nick writes:
>This would imply that *another* form of Chess is played in the West, where
>the Carmanians came from, and that this game probably has black and white
>pieces -- but beyond that, I would not like (and do not need) to theorise.
I'll second this. When all this talk about Gloranthan games started, it struck me that something like chess would probably have been invented by the Old Malkioni Talari, because: (i) as immortals they would have alot of time on their hands, so a game that would take a long time to play would probably appeal and (ii) it teaches them about politics and strategy, with the Talari piece being the goal and all the other pieces i.e. castes manipulated by them. Given this then in "Western" chess I would also expect to find "ships <-> Waertagi". Also, in Hrestoli lands I would expect a variation to be played in which an important goal would be to advance your "farmers" to "knights" etc.
Finally, I cannot resist adding that old Pringle played chess and isn't Issaries connected to the GodLearners (Ok, so it's extremely tenuous).
Simon Manning
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