darmok wrote:Hey, someone noticed my new (kinda) user name. When Scott switched templates for the forum, he deleted the template I was using so I couldn't access the forum any longer. Scott tried reinstating the template so I could get access again but it didn't work, I was still locked out. So I'm now using Netscape 7.1, instead of IE, to access the forum and had to re-register with a new user name. If I tried using dathon, I would have been locked out again, just as I am on IE. Sorry for the confusion this may have caused anyone. As for the chess set, I'm pretty happy to have won it. I was sure that Burnie or Pitttbulll or someone else would place an incredibly high bid in the last second, but fortunately for me it didn't happen. Does anyone else have a set or has seen a set? If not, I'd be happy to provide some pics when I get it if people are curious. The one pic from the auction wasn't very clear. Cheers...
Deadlord36 wrote:Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra..........Darmok, his chess game won, his face smiling.
muaddib5 wrote:Pictures would be very cool
PurpleDragon wrote:The things below the pawns are just the opposing side's pawns seen upside-down.
Zeb wrote:I'll chime in with what little information I know. At the time the chess set was made, TSR was looking to get into the collectible pewter gift shop market. The sets were planned to be part of that. Approximately 300 were made. Not all employees recieved them, only some. (Yes, I have one. No, it 's not for sale.) It was my understanding that the set was carved by somebody at work (David Sutherland and Dennis both displayed a talent for it and at the time we had other scupltors on staff.) However, I have no absolute proof on that so take that as a guess. The pewter casting was most likely done by the people who had the license to do pewter -- Radcliffe(?) Casting or something like that. David "Zeb" Cook