this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2024
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The title says it all. The rook is...indeed a highly mobile stone tower.

Like, I'm just imagining facing off another army, and in the distancr I see a 4 storey tower grinding through the earth at 80 km/h towards us.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I think that would land you in prison sadly

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Unless you're a billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

You: Resigning on the spot. The Whole Ass Prison: Very quickly approaching your location.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'd just make sure I was on the team capable of moving around stone towers.

Seems like they're going to win a lot.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wonder what the initial idea behind the rook was.

Was it always a literal tower that just squashed you?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

The original Indian form was a chariot, while the modern piece started as a war elephant with a tower and eventually was just reduced to a tower.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure, but I think it is a chariot