Dinosaurs Chess Ideas

[Stegotyranno420]

If you were to make a version of chess with dinosaur inspired pieces, how will you utilize that idea? You can change rules, placement and moves if you want
My Basic Version based on Classic/Generic dinosaurs
King:Tyrannosaurus
Queen: Brontosaurus
Rook: Triceratops
Bishop: Stegosaurus
Knight: Parasaurolophus
Pawn: Pachycephalosaurus

[Duna]

That's a nice idea ... 

I would use two large theropods for queen and king. Probably tyrannosaurus and giganotosaurus. Any hadrosaur as knight.


I really like the Jurassic Park chess:

[Newt]

How about a North American Maastrichtian set?

Rook - a fortified tower - Ankylosaurus
Bishop - long-range attack, funny hat - Quetzalcoatlus
Knight - short-range vanguard - Pachycephalosaurus 
Queen - unstoppable attacker, fancy headgear - Triceratops
King - Tyrannosaurus (obviously)

Or a Pierre Shale set?

Rook - Archelon
Bishop - Elasmosaurus
Knight - Cretoxyrhina
Queen - Pteranodon 
King - Tylosaurus

The pawns could be various smaller animals, there's no reason they have to all be identical. Small dinosaurs, crocs, turtles, mammals, etc. for terrestrial sets, fishes, turtles, ammonites, etc. for marine sets. 

[DinoToyForum]

I really like the Jurassic Park chess:

I like chess and I strongly considered getting this Jurassic Park set a few years back, but the reviews were quite bad, so I didn't. Apparently the pieces are cheaply made.

Also, I would surely forget which pieces were which!

[Duna]

I really like the Jurassic Park chess:

I like chess and I strongly considered getting this Jurassic Park set a few years back, but the reviews were quite bad, so I didn't. Apparently the pieces are cheaply made.

Also, I would surely forget which pieces were which!

That's a good appreciation, my liking has quite vanished. In fact I liked the box the most. But I thought the figures would be as nice as the small diecast ones which I absolutely love.

[Halichoeres]

A trilobite chess set.

King: Walliserops
Queen: Terataspis
Bishops: Psychopyge
Knights: Dicranurus
Rooks: Telephinus
Pawns: Agnostus

[Libraraptor]

Although I do not have any idea by myself I find this is a very interesting thought experiment.

[DinoToyForum]

A trilobite chess set.

King: Walliserops
Queen: Terataspis
Bishops: Psychopyge
Knights: Dicranurus
Rooks: Telephinus
Pawns: Agnostus

Going with the crustacean(ish) theme, couldn't the pawns be prawns? 

[postsaurischian]

 classic version:

 King: Triceratops
 Queen: Styracosaurus
 Bishops: Struthiomimus
 Knights: Parasaurolophus
 Rooks: rearing Diplodocus
 Pawns: Compsognathus

[Stegotyranno420]

Devonian:
King:Dunkleosteus
Queen:Cocosteus
Rook:Titanichthys
Bishop:Hyneria
Knight:Eurypterid/Titalik
Pawn:Trilobite

[Halichoeres]

A trilobite chess set.

King: Walliserops
Queen: Terataspis
Bishops: Psychopyge
Knights: Dicranurus
Rooks: Telephinus
Pawns: Agnostus

Going with the crustacean(ish) theme, couldn't the pawns be prawns? 

I see what you did there...

Devonian:
King:Dunkleosteus
Queen:Cocosteus
Rook:Titanichthys
Bishop:Hyneria
Knight:Eurypterid/Titalik
Pawn:Trilobite

OK but the bishop should be Prototaxites

[DinoToyForum]

The Mesozoic marine reptiles version

King: Shonisaurus
Queen: Liopleurodon
Bishops: Mosasaurus
Knights: Dakosaurus
Rooks: Elasmosaurus
Pawns: Ichthyosaurus

[Stegotyranno420]

The Mesozoic marine reptiles version

King: Shonisaurus
Queen: Liopleurodon
Bishops: Mosasaurus
Knights: Dakosaurus
Rooks: Elasmosaurus
Pawns: Ichthyosaurus

I love it