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    11 Nov '13 08:35
    Originally posted by ChessPraxis
    https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/7901_10151884576299445_1173467327_n.jpg
    And often, as in chess, when the Queen is in danger, the King is the problem.
  2. Standard memberlemon lime
    itiswhatitis
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    12 Nov '13 08:29
    Originally posted by lolof
    And often, as in chess, when the Queen is in danger, the King is the problem.
    The king never leaves the board, and the only piece a pawn cannot be promoted to is king. Chess metaphors (king vs queen) can go either way, but they appear to favor the king as being...

    (drum roll)

    The King of all He Surveys!


    Hurrah!
  3. Joined
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    12 Nov '13 09:35
    Originally posted by ChessPraxis
    It's pretty easy when you're sitting in front of a computer screen. The images are under your control as well as what site and what you're doing.
    The web is forever, it doesn't forget.
    Tell that to the dice at conquerclub.com 😕
  4. Standard memberChessPraxis
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    12 Nov '13 13:20
    Originally posted by lemon lime
    The king never leaves the board, and the only piece a pawn cannot be promoted to is king. Chess metaphors (king vs queen) can go either way, but they appear to favor the king as being...

    (drum roll)

    [b]The King of all He Surveys!



    Hurrah![/b]
    Pawns? They're prawns remember. 😛
  5. SubscriberSuzianne
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    13 Nov '13 00:12
    Originally posted by Trev33
    Tell that to the dice at conquerclub.com 😕
    I quit playing there because of the dice.

    I mean when you outman the neighboring territory 2 to 1 or even 3 to 1 and you lose ALL your armies without taking a single one of theirs, then that is a flawed system.
  6. SubscriberPonderable
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    10 Jan '14 11:52
    Originally posted by lemon lime
    The king never leaves the board, and the only piece a pawn cannot be promoted to is king. Chess metaphors (king vs queen) can go either way, but they appear to favor the king as being...

    (drum roll)

    [b]The King of all He Surveys!



    Hurrah![/b]
    However there are two Kings on the board and only one can win...
  7. Account suspended
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    10 Jan '14 12:14
    Originally posted by ChessPraxis
    It's pretty easy when you're sitting in front of a computer screen. The images are under your control as well as what site and what you're doing.
    The web is forever, it doesn't forget.
    Theoreticians of "mass culture" explain exactly in the same way why people love soap operas: they watch heroes on SMALL screen and they can turn them off any time the fee like.
  8. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    11 Jan '14 20:18
    Originally posted by Suzianne
    We all know it's BETTER to be the QUEEN.

    The wife of the King is known as the Queen.

    However, the husband of the Queen is known as the Consort, or only a Prince.

    This is as it should be.

    😀
    Not always.
    William & Mary.
    🙂
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