三國演義 Three Kingdoms – Xiangqi Collection

I was never a really good chess player but I can claim to be a fairly moderate XiangQi (Chinese chess) player. So when I saw this Three Kingdoms themed XiangQi set; it was just too irresistible to not buy it. I have always thought collector chess sets that were being displayed at hobby stores were really cool especially when each figure on the chess set was a different character. I knew I had to buy this chess set and I have yet had a crack at it yet. I need to find an opponent; anyone out there familiar with XiangQi?

Here are some photos of the set (forgive photo quality, not the greatest):

The pictures doesn’t do the set justice as each individual piece is different with the exception of the canon ball and chariots. I love how you can actually tell the characters from the actual story; such as Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, etc. This board represents 2nd Century AD at the fall of the Han Dynasty where there was turmoil in China. It pits two players; one will be Wei and the other will be Shu.

I definitely look forward to getting a nice glass display shelf to put this chess set in for display later on.