Halo Chess One great board game, three boards to choose from! For a limited time only, download one or more of these Chess boards. Each has it’s own pros and cons, so choose the board that you like best, or just download them all! Chess Board #1: Halo Chess Pros: This board is big! The large pieces are easy to grab in Forge mode, and the different colored squares really help you plan your moves. Mongoose beats Chopper, but only on this board. Cons: This board is big. It may be difficult for you to see the big picture on some occasions. But you can always fly around as the monitor and try to find a better angle, so it isn’t really a big deal. Also, if you accidentally grab the actual board instead of a piece you can mess up the game. The white (covie) pieces King - B Sign Queen - Barrier Bishops - Teleporters Knights - Choppers Rooks - Wire Spools Pawns - Ghosts The black (human) pieces King - A Sign Queen - Forklift Bishops - Dumpsters Knights - Warthogs Rooks - Crates Pawns - Mongooses If you don’t mind the size and want to play Chess with warthogs, this is the board for you. Chess Board #2: Mini Chess Pros: This board is much smaller and much easier to view fully. And the interlocking here is beautiful. Cons: The squares on this board are monochrome. The squares are pretty small, and it can get crowded with a Ghost in the middle of the board among some other pieces. Also, if you accidentally grab the actual board instead of a piece you can really mess up the game. This board is only recommended for players with Forge finesse. The white (covie) pieces King - Teleporter Sender Queen - Teleporter Receiver Bishops - Active Camo Knights - Ghosts Rooks - Plasma Turrets Pawns - Fusion Coils The black (human) pieces King - Barrier Queen - Barrier, Short Bishops - Overshields Knights - Mongooses Rooks - Machine Gun Turrets Pawns - Barrels, Small If you like the small board setup and can be careful, this is the board for you. Chess Board #3: Forge Chess Note: This board was not made by me. The board was constructed by an unknown author, and was downloaded by NeverlessWonder who changed some of the pieces to make it better. Because he edited it, we lost the name of the original author. Pros: This board is fool-proof. Of the three here, this is the only one that won’t get messed up if you accidentally grab the actual board. That was accomplished by placing teleporters inside the open boxes that serve as the game board. The teleporters keep the boxes from moving if they are grabbed by accident. Cons: The squares on this board are monochrome. This board isn’t very attractive, and the squares are slightly misaligned because of the lack of interlocking. If you enter the teleporter by accident, you may have to delete one of the walls to get out from under the board. The pieces on Forge Chess are the same as the pieces on Mini Chess. If you don’t want to worry about messing up the board and you don’t mind the misaligned and monochrome squares, this is the board for you. Final Thoughts: So there you have it, one great board game and three awesome boards to play it on. I personally prefer Halo Chess, the big one. It looks nicer and is the only place you can play Chess with warthogs. Which one is your favorite? Here are the Bungie.net links once again: Halo Chess Mini Chess Forge Chess
Very interesting, however I am not sure if I would ever play a game of chess in Halo. Good to have. Good Job. -Donuts
the first one is pretty much just like the one i was working on, minus a few minute features (1/2 of my wall surfaces are fence walls and those and the regular walls alternate rows, and i added some stairs so spartans could do battle on the board). I'm actually glad though, because I wasn't looking forward to interlocking all the surfaces to make it run smooth. Looks good Furious, thanks for saving me alot of time haha. I got distracted with my new project anyway, and it probably would have been a while, to say the least.
Well... I lost badly to you on the smaller board, so I can't wait to see how I do on the larger board. Nice work compiling them. Can you do backgammon next?
*Downloads Halo Chess* Hopefully the view will be alright on such a large board, I think the trade off will be worth it with such large pieces. Thanks Furious!
Cool, these are really good. I'm going to download them all, see which one works for me. Good job! ~SS
looks good map but when your playing, what if you pick up a box that was interlocked...then = fail sry
If you're worried about that, download the third one, Forge Chess. That one has no interlocking, and teleporter nodes are inside the open boxes so they won't raise up off the ground. All that happens is it shifts slightly, not even enough to knock over a barrel or anything.
Haha nice work, I really liked the first one. Although this is something I could do without Xbox, on my real chess board, I think this is a great idea.
a really original idea but im not sure how long these games would last before i just start splatering my opponents
i love the idea and im sure its more fun than real life chess, i love the walls interlocked it just gives it that extra chess board look good job
That first board looks so good. This is chess in its purest form (having pieces that shoot lasers is what makes it the purest form).
I agree, and although I would probably not have the patience for this, it is still a pretty cool idea
Wow I would have never thought of ever doing anything like this. Great job with originality. If I did play it would be for 10 seconds cause I'd just start throwing the fusion coils and pieces at my opponent.