4-player chess

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soheil_hooshdaran
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4-player chess

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:37 am

Hi. What are the best colours for cc a 4-player chess set?

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IM Jack Rudd
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Re: 4-player chess

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:06 pm

The usual rule is that the four colours should be very easily distinguishable. (So don't do what my Settlers of Catan set does, and have red and orange pieces of difficult-to-distinguish shades.)

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Re: 4-player chess

Post by John Clarke » Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:55 pm

My choice I think would be the usual black and "white" (i.e. natural wood or cream plastic), along with mid-green and light brown. Plus pale and mid-brown for the board. Easier on the eye than the more strident hues.
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