Saturday, January 6, 2007

Beer Chess

The idea came from our chocolate chess set (take a piece, eat a piece), but for grown-ups. The product started as our plastic MegaChess set with the 8-inch king. Then we came up with a system where the chess pieces clip on to the tops of beer cans or soda cans. So we had the famous game, biker vs. geek. The geek opened strong, taking pieces by the handful. But beer chess has built into it the demise of chess masters who don't get out much. After a few taken pieces, the geek was playing at half mast, blundering into one bad move after another.
But Beer Chess can be played like a regular giant chess set, without beer or soda. Thus the geek exacted his revenge in a straight-up chess game without the refreshment that took away his edge.