I've always been fascinated by the idea of extra things, beyond the accepted boundaries.pic.twitter.com/VfD15GMz18
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I've always been fascinated by the idea of extra things, beyond the accepted boundaries.pic.twitter.com/VfD15GMz18
2/ I first got a hint of this in 1st grade or so, learning about negative numbers. SECRET, ESOTERIC NUMBERS?!?!?! Dr. Seuss promised the same, with letters.pic.twitter.com/TJbyAjjZ3u
3/ But it was a lie! On each page he presented a new glyph, then explained that this glyph was the initial letter of the name of some animal...and then spelled the animal's name with nothing but Latin characters. WTF ?!?!?
4/ I am also fascinated by variant / non standard / fairie chess pieces. These are, in practice, usually only used in chess problems, or if used at the board, faked with other pieces. This is a shame; they deserve first class physical representations.
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There are some exceptions
https://www.amazon.com/Faerie-Chess-Classic-Traditional-Beginners/dp/B07YPZG5TY …
Staunton used to sell individual faerie pieces, but I don't see them around any more 
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