Conquer the Kings - Pictures

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World Chess Hall-of-Fame & Sidney Samole Chess Museum located in Miami Florida. My game is now on sale in the Gift Shop.

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Conquer the Kings

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This shot was taken back in June 2008 when I did a demo at Hobby Town USA in Kennesaw, GA. As you can see my homemade arrows and you will notice the game was originally called To Conquer the Kings. Hobby Town USA purchased 5 of my games in Dec 08. So far only 1 has sold, but my game is on the shelf!!! That is what matters.

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Cover Art

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What's included: (1) Game Board (4) sets of chess pieces, (4) Pawn Movement Arrows, (1) Token and Instructions.

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Setup of 4 players with everyone having the same strategy setup.

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Box with Game Display

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Cover Art 2

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"What Texas Hold'em has done for Poker, Conquer the Kings will do for the game of Chess! Chess is about to become a cool game to play!" -- Johnny M Wahl

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Game made in the USA baby!

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Box side Art (also symbol for Pawn Movement Arrow)

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Token and Pawn Movement Arrows (die cast)

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King's Defense Strategy Setup

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The Keep Strategy Setup

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Chaos Left (11 moves to arrive to this formation)

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Chaos Left - starting setup (Other picture shows it in final form)

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Standard Strategy Setup "Good for Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, for those who never played chess and those that never liked chess." A Good Basic Starting setup for ANYONE)

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Arrow Strategy Setup (8 moves to setup)

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Starting Strategy for Arrow formation. (8 Moves to final setup)

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Through these doors, Conquer the Kings went from concept to reality!!!
I could of went to China and had the game made, but I found it cheaper to make here. Plus I would rather help our economy. Keep America Working!!!

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Bottom boxes being stacked

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Making of the top box

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Top box stacked, ready for artwork to be applied

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Cutting off the excess

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CTK game board and pieces artwork, stacked.

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CTK Cover Art

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As I said before, this game was made in the USA. The game pieces were from China. Let's face it, China has the skinny on games pieces being made for mass consumption.

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CTK Game box on the rack

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The Glueing process

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Attaching the artwork to the game board

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Got to love Quality Control

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Fullfillment phase, here is where all the compents are put together into the final product. Notice how much room was left over. I will have all future boxes shorter in height, with a cardboard divider to hold the pieces in place. Why did this happen? I had the game in production before the pieces arrived via the container shipment from China and not knowing the exact size of the 4 bags of chess pieces, I made the box as large as possible to accomodate. When the pieces arrived, they were smaller than anticipated. Don't get me wrong they are perfect size for the game board!! Hmmm... could this mean these 500 will be a collectors item someday due to this 1st run error? "Only time will tell" - Johnny M Wahl