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If you love chess, and love legos this is by far a must have and a steal. It comes with a lot of pieces and offers a ton of replay value if your in a chess club or have friends and family that like to play. Best part it's two games in one checkers comes with it too. It's super easy to put together With the help of one friend he and I had it together in roughly one hour 45 mins to two hours it's a lot of pieces for the price you'll pay it should be a 199.99 set, but lego is practically giving the set away at 54.99 what are you waiting for go get it now. I also want to point out I got a free lego car with this purchase I thought that set was awesome too.I'm a chessboard collector and a collector of lego sets and I'm telling you this set is absolutely beautiful when it's all put together. It's stunning. Even if you don't play chess or checkers this set is still worth having just to add more pieces to your tubs or totes of legos.
Or to leave out on a coffee table for display for invited guests in your home to gander at. I love having a lego set with so much replay value. The build was straight forward. We really enjoyed modifying the chess pieces to make them smaller/more streamlined (i.e. Easier for gameplay/maneuverability) without losing out on some of the very pretty detailing (the knight’s horse ears are adorable, and the bishop is particularly cleverly constructed). Amazing value for the number of pieces.
We’ve played several games on it so far and everything holds up very well. The storage aspect of it is also quite clever/appreciated.
Overall, as two lego and chess geeks, we’re very satisfied.
Lego Chess | |
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Developer(s) | Krisalis Software |
Publisher(s) | Lego Media |
Director(s) | Andrew Ware |
Producer(s) | Dave Upchurch |
Designer(s) | Jeff Rollason |
Programmer(s) | Graeme Richardson |
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Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Release | 11 November 1998[1] |
Genre(s) | Strategy |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Lego Chess is a Lego-themed, chess-based strategyvideo game developed by Krisalis Software, published by Lego Media, and released for Microsoft Windows in November 1998.
Gameplay[edit]
The rules of the game can be changed to cater to many popular variations, though the most common rules of chess are the default rules. During a game, clicking on a piece will show the available places to move to. If a piece is captured, a short video plays showing the captured character being caught, with each different capture having its own video clip. These clips are rarely related to chess. Because pawns, knights, rooks, kings, queens and bishops all have separate video clips for catching other pawns, knights, rooks, queens and bishops, there are 60 clips total.
Story mode[edit]
In story mode, the player can pick either a western or pirates theme.[2] After selecting the theme, a three-game chess tournament against the AI begins. In the first game the AI is at 25% difficulty, in the second game the AI is at 50% difficulty, and in the third and final game, the AI is at 75% difficulty. Before each match, a cutscene plays, ending with the protagonists having a task to complete. In the western theme, a sheriff is trying to capture three bank robbers, and in the pirate theme, a soldier is trying to beat some pirates to a treasure. After each match is over, another cutscene plays, with the protagonists either succeeding or failing the task, depending on the match's outcome. (Using the same example, either the sheriff catches a bandit, one for each match, or all of them escape.) After completing a story, a printable certificate is rewarded.
Tutorial mode[edit]
The tutorial mode teaches how to play chess, from the basics of movement for the different pieces, to advanced playing techniques. The player is taught by 'The Chess King', a Lego King Minifig who talks like Elvis, and who supposedly commands the white army. The Chess King slightly modernizes the explanations of the pieces. For example, it is said that the reason knights can jump over other pieces is that they ride BMX Motor Bikes. The King on his throne was also a Lego set, packaged with the first release of the game.
Versus mode[edit]
In this mode, the player can choose the difficulty of the game when playing against the AI. Multi-player mode can also be selected here. Alternatively, the player can watch the computer play against itself. In addition, a third, traditional chess set (though still constructed from Lego bricks) can be chosen, and all three sets can be mixed (pirates playing against western, for example). However, animations for capturing pieces are disabled when playing with mixed sets. Players can also remove or add pieces from gameplay before or during the game.
Reception[edit]
Lego Chess received favourable reviews from game critics, stating its creative way of using Lego pieces as a 'fun and entertaining way of playing chess.' Other reviews were not as positive, due to the bland style of the cutscenes and claims that cutscenes featuring the tribal drum noise were 'creepy'.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^'LEGO CHESS'. PC Zone. No. 70. December 1998. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^'Hey! Lego my arm!'. PC Powerplay. No. 35. April 1999. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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