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No, Lucas hasn’t officially announced a 3D version of Star Wars (although the release of Avatar might be the driving force that finally makes it happen), but there is a 3D chess board scheduled to come out next month. The image is grainy and there isn’t much info, but the board appears to include pieces with “beloved Star Wars characters” that use “the latest in motion printed technology.”
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Using the code “NERD”at checkout, all Nerd Approved readers will get 20% off their total order from GreatBigStuff.com. That means discounts on hilariously oversized items like this giant chess “knight light”, computer keyboard chairs, giant lego blocks and giant earbud speakers. Better hurry though, the offer expires after December 21st.
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Let your love of liquor have a three-way with your love of chess and your love of corporate themed home decor with this Jack Daniel’s chess set. Then prepare yourself for non-stop action when the Daniel family turns on each other in a drunken attempt to gain chess board supremacy.
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The pieces of this chess set will glow with wirelessly powered LED’s any time they are placed on the board. The set has two uses for the LED lit men. First, if you are playing in low light conditions there will still be no problem analyzing your next move. Plus, when you take out one of your opponents and remove him remove the board, the light turning off is a perfect visual for the loss of another life.
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If your chess games are getting a little bloodthirsty, switching to this chess set should calm things down. You can only be so aggressive when you are attacking with Smurfs. Just the thought of little blue blood stains from a particularly hard fought battle just brings a smile to your face.
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If you want to pit two groups of people in a chess battle, there are none so vicious as vampires and werewolves. Both are feared by humans and both have a strong dislike for each other. The whole theme is like a game of the “Underworld” movies, although sadly I don’t see Kate Beckinsale anywhere.
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March all your little astronauts right up to your opponents astronauts and let them battle it out to see whose galaxy will survive. The two chess sets are almost identical so it shouldn’t make too much difference, but there can’t be two out there. I just can’t wait for my space shuttle to start dominating.
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Instead of UFOs and lasers, these aliens prefer to battle for control of earth over a gentlemanly game of chess. Hmmm….chess is not my game. How about Connect Four?
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Nothing would get an intellectual woman hotter than challenging her to a game of Erotic Chess. It’s dirty, yet sophisticated—like an orgy breaking out at a book reading or a porno being shot in an art museum.
This wide shot covers the whole board, but as you will see from close up shots featured on the product page, things get pretty hardcore. The sets appear to be handmade to order in Russia, so no pricing information is listed.
Personally, I think the game of chess is difficult enough without having to draw the board before playing. That, and the fact that your chess pieces would be difficult to use after only a few games make this idea a little to impractical. Still, I have no doubt that Chalk Chess will become an actual product sometime soon, but it appears to be in the pre-production stage at the moment, so the price has yet to be determined.
