Laser-cutting Rythmomachy Board
May. 6th, 2017 11:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jrisingThis wedding is going to be the culmination of a dream I have had for almost 2 decades: Finally, I will have a professional-grade set for playing Rythmomachy, the Philosopher's Game!
I have been having so much fun laser-cutting for the wedding, and putting together activities like a massively distributed crossword puzzle. Last week's inspiration was to laser cut a board and pieces for Rythmomachy, and I want to share them with all of you.
What is Rythmomachy, you ask? I call it "Chess on steroids", and one medieval scholar said,
Here I just want to share my design for a board and pieces. You too can have this for your very own:
It took about 1 hour on the Berkeley laser cutter I was using. The design is in two files:
I thought to put etchings on the board to tell you how to set it up, since this has always been one of the greatest barriers to starting a new game.
Also note that every piece has a version colored dark and light. These need to be glued back-to-back. Each piece starts out as one color, according to the etchings on the board. If it is captured, it's flipped over and becomes the other player's piece.
I put some foot pads on the back and set it up to be flipped closed:
Enjoy!
I have been having so much fun laser-cutting for the wedding, and putting together activities like a massively distributed crossword puzzle. Last week's inspiration was to laser cut a board and pieces for Rythmomachy, and I want to share them with all of you.
What is Rythmomachy, you ask? I call it "Chess on steroids", and one medieval scholar said,
Pythagoras did first invent,
this play as it is thought:
And thereby after studies great,
his recreation sought.
Here I just want to share my design for a board and pieces. You too can have this for your very own:
It took about 1 hour on the Berkeley laser cutter I was using. The design is in two files:
 |  |
| Download the board | Download the pieces |
I thought to put etchings on the board to tell you how to set it up, since this has always been one of the greatest barriers to starting a new game.
Also note that every piece has a version colored dark and light. These need to be glued back-to-back. Each piece starts out as one color, according to the etchings on the board. If it is captured, it's flipped over and becomes the other player's piece.
I put some foot pads on the back and set it up to be flipped closed:
Enjoy!
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Date: 2017-05-10 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-05-10 05:37 pm (UTC)It's really nice having this all be in a cloud-based database instead of a static website: I'm keeping it far more up to date than I ever managed with the old page. One of the many examples that make me so passionate about Querki...