H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Oct 5, 2008 09:54 AM UTC:
Larry Smith:
| 2. The cost of designing and manufacturing, not to mention maintaining a
| stockpile for sale, of all the potential piece types is nearly prohibitive
| if applied to the Staunton-style appearance. Thus the use of simple
| colored discs with either letters or symbols embossed or painted.
Yet this is exactly what some people do:
OK, €89,95 for this entire set of 32 pieces (16 white, 16 black) is not extremely
cheap. It amounts to €2,81 a piece. (For more pictures, look here.)
| 2. The cost of designing and manufacturing, not to mention maintaining a
| stockpile for sale, of all the potential piece types is nearly prohibitive
| if applied to the Staunton-style appearance. Thus the use of simple
| colored discs with either letters or symbols embossed or painted.
Yet this is exactly what some people do:
OK, €89,95 for this entire set of 32 pieces (16 white, 16 black) is not extremely
cheap. It amounts to €2,81 a piece. (For more pictures, look here.)