Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoTIL each pawn in chess had a specific name/profession based on its starting position on the boarden.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down110
arrow-up1384arrow-down1external-linkTIL each pawn in chess had a specific name/profession based on its starting position on the boarden.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredomlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·25 days agoIs village idiot somewhere in there? Relating to characters helps my immersion
minus-squaremilicent_bystandrlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·24 days agoI think he was there in passing Or in the French…
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoWell, the bishop is called the “fou” which literally translates to mad/insane, but iirc it’s a recent name
minus-squaremilicent_bystandrlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoWith his famously oversized headwear, would that make him… The Mad Hatter
Is village idiot somewhere in there? Relating to characters helps my immersion
I think he was there in passing
Or in the French…
Well, the bishop is called the “fou” which literally translates to mad/insane, but iirc it’s a recent name
With his famously oversized headwear, would that make him…
The Mad Hatter