Chess
- + A balanced system for any player.
- + Highly developed.
- + Refined to the point that most games can only dream of.
- - Some foreknowledge needed for play.
- A fix: Encourage popular culture to enjoy and play more Chess games; having Wikipedia handy also helps.
- - Massive skill differences between the population of players.
- A fix: Warn players to know who they may be playing a game with.
Chess, ‘the game
of kings’. For many hundreds of years,
this board game has been developed, refined, enjoyed, and agonized over by
countless numbers of players. Recently,
I’ve picked-up the physical pieces and played a few games; a spoiler Is that I
really enjoy this gameplay experience.
Chess, for one, is
a game that one must know how to play; there is no ‘jump right in’ solution. This is a rare thing, though; one of the most
well-known games out there is Chess. However, this familiarity widens a gap of
skill that is – shall we humbly say – immense between a ‘casual’ player and a
master. A simple request for a game can
quickly become a one-sided trounce, as player A utterly destroys player B.
Though such an event can occur, it is skill that is at work,
not an unbalancing of the game; the rules are clear, they are concisely the
same for all players, and they are simple.
This game is a supreme example as to why ‘perfection is simplicity’; the
basic mechanics governing the game and its units lead to more strategy than any
current video game. Heck, the number of
outcomes of any game will crash even the most powerful computer when the
machine thinks about it!
There’s not much new to say about Chess; it’s been played since before you or I were born, hundreds
of years before even the creation of many countries. It’s not just survived that time, but
flourished, and I, for one, have a marvelous time when I play a match. Though not for the most casual player, Chess is definitely a game of ‘kingly’
value. Check that, mate.
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