Okay, if you can think that far ahead, maybe you should apply to MENSA and quit your job at “Harry’s I Can’t Believe It’s Not Chicken” fast food restaurant.
Board Games
Chess openings…Google it and see how many results you get. Did your computer yell at you and tell you to go climb a tree? Figured. There are hundreds upon thousands of different openings one could employ when you sit down to play chess. Some people memorize these openings like their life depended on it. Others are more free style.
Castling. It’s a move in chess that people often take for granted. Once you figure out how to do it, you do it every game for the next three hundred games because you believe that it makes you look smart. You may do it all the time simply because somewhere somehow you were convinced it will would increase your chances of winning for various reasons. I am here to tell you to abandon that train of thought and to keep reading if you want to know if castling is indeed, smart.
Finally, we get to cover the last chess piece in this ongoing chess tutorial, the Pawn.
Fianchetto or Cappuccino? Decisions…Decisions…
“Squire! Fetch Me My Hello Kitty Underpants!”
As I’ve ranted on about before, it’s not called a castle. It’s not called a tower. It’s not the satan spawn of the Ivory Tower and the Rockbiter from the Neverending Story. It’s called a rook.
The Queen. God save it, I guess.
The King is THE most important piece on the chess board. Lose it and the game is over, no matter how many pieces you are up.
Put on your thinking caps (preferably the ones with intellect, not strength) and prepare to learn!
“Nothing reveals Humanity so well as the games it plays.” – Hartley
Lately I’ve been writing a lot of reviews about games…board games, video games, what have you. I know that turns a lot of you off…*shrug* different audiences, different interests. Anyway, some people look at games as a mild annoyance and a waste of time while others center their entire weekend around one long, good dungeon crawler. What is it about games that makes ME want to play them? I’m so glad you asked…