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green knight
Seeker
USA
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 Posted - 20 Apr 2004 : 01:42:41
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Well met, I am seeking information on the lanceboard game. I gather it is basically chess but I need to know the names used for the pieces assuming they are different from chess. If the pieces move diferently than in chess I would like to know this as well.
any help in this manner is greatly appriciated
green knight
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Sarta
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 20 Apr 2004 : 01:52:28
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I've seen it mentiond in several different books, but haven't noticed the details you are asking about. I've always assumed the pieces were named the same and game play worked the same, but I could definitely be wrong.
You may have to ask Ed.
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 20 Apr 2004 : 05:26:48
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I remember it mentioned in a book as "white" being the Cormyrians and "black" being the Horde. The king and "queen" were Azoun IV and Vangaderhast, respectively.
Alternatively, you can have them be simply king, queen, cleric, paladin, rook/tower/castle, and footsoldier. You can change it a bit, so that the queen is the cleric and the cleric the wizard.
Incidentally, the bishop piece used to be a ship in our history. That's why it moves in diagonals -- it's tacking against the wind.  |
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Lady Kazandra
Senior Scribe
Australia
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Posted - 20 Apr 2004 : 05:49:35
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In addition to what other scribes have already said -
The rook/tower/castle piece is said to resemble a small fort built of red stone, once located in northern Cormyr.
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"Once upon a time the plural of 'wizard' was 'war'." -- The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett |
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Sarta
Senior Scribe
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2004 : 08:54:58
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I believe the two of you are referring to a specific set of chess pieces that are detailed in Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog. I didn't see them as anything other than another commemorative chess set, just as the countless ones we have floating around in real life. I didn't think that it altered the names of the pieces anymore than one would refer to the bishop as Spock when using a Star Trek commemorative chess set.
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green knight
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 20 Apr 2004 : 12:42:25
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thank you all for the replies, I am aware of the sets in aurora catalog. I was looking more for the "official" piece names such as might be used by clergy of the Red Knight. Pawn, Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King. The one that did not sit right with me was bishop perhaps a title from the church of the Red Knight instead. I need the info to finish a magic item I am working on I will post it in the Sages magic shop when I a m done. Thanks again
Green Knight
perhaps lancer instead of pawn also |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 20 Apr 2004 : 16:20:05
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Realms products have not been consistent as to whether chess is called "chess" or "lanceboard" in the Realms. That implies that while there may be regional name variants for the various pieces, fundamentally the game is the same.
All that said, I would imagine you might find some additional clues in the following two sources:
VGtATM: Magical Chessman of Ultham-Ur (sp?, first mentioned in old gray box)
Escape from Undermountain: a novel of the Nobles series
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Apr 2004 : 06:29:47
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| Well, you can replace "bishop" with "wizard," but then that takes religion out of the battle. I suggest that the castle piece be given to either mages or clerics, and the bishop to the one more "important" in matters of war. |
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green knight
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 24 Apr 2004 : 16:54:23
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Thank you to everyone who responded to my Query . If anyone is interested I posted a set of shields for the church of Red Knight inspired by Lanceboard pieces in the Sages Magic Shop.
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