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Is chess a wargame? Anonymous 10/06/2023 (Fri) 21:01:55 Id: a164cd No. 1046

A very simple question. Does chess technically count as a wargame? I think it does, Its not like any other wargame but you do have 2 armies facing off against each other, only instead of controlling territory or wiping the other guy out you are just supposed to kill the king. I think it counts.

Anonymous 10/16/2023 (Mon) 07:08:42 Id: 518cea No. 1065

Makes sense.

Anonymous 12/13/2023 (Wed) 14:37:36 Id: 6d3fe8 No. 1114

>>1046 JW PIMO here i remember getting in trouble for playing risk with some friends who in the congregation because it was a wargame. I asked her what made it any more different then chess and she couldn't respond.

Anonymous 01/04/2024 (Thu) 11:55:39 Id: a164cd No. 1124

>>1114 >JW PIMO What the hell is that?

Anonymous 01/04/2024 (Thu) 15:28:43 Id: 1d4da2 No. 1126

>>1124 Jehovah's Witness is the JW part. The rest idk.

Anonymous 01/10/2024 (Wed) 02:05:24 Id: 99817e No. 1134

>>1126 Religious Fundies have chess games?

Anonymous 01/12/2024 (Fri) 23:20:25 Id: cd5b40 No. 1137

>>1134 Sure. Why not? Everyone gets bored anon.

Anonymous 03/29/2024 (Fri) 19:53:13 Id: 271119 No. 1172

>>1046 That's very interesting, OP. I suppose chess could count as a wargame, though that's only because of the loose aesthetic of ancient warfare. You could easily change the piece names and the war connection would be much less obvious. But ultimately yes, I do think it counts. So, the King is a beta who eats absolute shit while the Queen is the most powerful piece. What do you think that relationship is like?

Anonymous 04/23/2024 (Tue) 15:40:24 Id: 33ac0b No. 1182

>>1172 >spoiler Hardcore (but loving) pegging obviously

Anonymous 05/01/2024 (Wed) 19:37:48 Id: ece944 No. 1183

>>1172 Of course it's a wargame, it is fundamentally a game of tactics. Now that being said, i have played another board game called uh the hound and the fox? I dont know. And that had a similar intent in that it taught thinking, but had an animalistic hunting analogy going on.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 04:52:34 Id: f3e437 No. 1442

>>1046 Yes. Animu fan art people have lately taken to making a joke about it being a straight shota harem type production. The queens are the strongest pieces and the only to women on the board. King, knights, bishops, rooks and pawns are all shotas.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 05:32:59 Id: bec182 No. 1445

>>1172 I usually see it more as each piece representing a group of units. -Kings can't move much because they're taking with them the core of the kingdom -Queens have their own private armies and lands, with incredibly adept soldiers, from before marriage, but ascended with royal taxes (that's why Pawns can become concubines) -Rooks are strongholds and their movement represents their strategic reach -Bishops counterbalance Rooks, representing how religion spreads influence differently from warfare -Knights are errant groups of war-loving nobles -Pawns are lower nobility suicidally charging their armies, trying to make a name for themselves and marry a daughter into higher royalty But then again, I don't even know how to play besides knowing how the pieces move.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 07:33:57 Id: 31851d No. 1456

>>1445 >But then again, I don't even know how to play besides knowing how the pieces move. Jesus Christ anon.

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