Based on the classic cartoons and comics by Peyo, Plastoy created this beautiful chess set with a smurf difference back in 2009.
You don’t even have to know how to play chess to appreciate this chess set. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the game of chess, I have included some information on the pieces as a starting point. In a standard game of chess, each of the two players begins a game with the following 16 pieces:
- 1 king
- 1 queen
- 2 bishops
- 2 knights
- 2 castles
- 8 pawns
However this is not your standard chess set as each piece brings its own slant of smurf cheekiness to the game.
- The king is our beloved Papa Smurf.
- The queen is our beautiful Smurfette
- The bishop is jester smurf
- The knight is a smurf riding a snail holding a sword
- The castle is a smurf piggy backing another smurf
- The pawns are mushrooms
The chess board is made of 64 squares. As you can see the smurfs play a chess board that looks like a very manicured lawn, a bit like a soccer pitch.
The goal with Chess is to checkmate the other king. The game of chess requires a lot of strategy and intelligence. So if you are wanting to encourage someone to take up playing chess, this smurf chess set would be hard to ignore. Or if you are someone like me who is just looking for something to add to their smurf display this is a great addition.
Keep on Smurfin
Kath B