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Awful chess sets part 3

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Which chess sets are bad

Honey, Did You Water The Chess Set?

"Oh, no! My pawns are all dry!" 

If your chess set has ever made you worry about how healthy it is, it means you've made a bad choice somewhere in your life. Losing your pieces because you keep blundering is hard enough. You don't need to make it even harder by literally seeing your pieces dry out and die because you forgot to water them.

They Made Dragons And Chess Look Bad

Chess is one of the oldest and most popular games in the world. Dragons are mythical creatures of great power and beauty. What about a dragon chess set? Probably one of the ugliest things you'll see in your entire life. 

I don't know how, but they managed to make both chess and dragons look bad. And you can't even play with this set because all the pieces look like an amorphous blob of lizards. 

Overpromise And Underdeliver

I really don't know what happened here. They call it the "Deluxe Cartoon Character Chess Set," and claim it's "engaging" and "vibrant." They also claim it's "an ideal tool for early chess learning and beyond" because it comes with a "unique teaching mode via CD."

That's how they describe it, that's what they promised. Here's what they delivered:

First of all, why are the bishops wearing onesies? Also, the rooks look like candles, and the queen's crooked eyebrows make her look puzzled. Maybe she's wondering what happened to her youth and how she ended up with that weird-looking king. 

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Subzero1006

Well, I was not too fond of the number 9 set ( The Overpromise and Underdeliver )

It looks bland and old-fashioned, in a bad way.

I did like the other 2 sets, the Dragon Chess set looks like they were inspired by King Ghidorah's head from the Monsterverse, which looks unique and majestic. The plant-themed Chess set also looks pleasing to the eyes and I liked that as well, although would consider it to be impractical as you have to take very good care of the plants, and if they were to wither away due to neglect or some other natural causes , your chess set is also doomed.