Subject: Twin Peaks Chess Set (Theoretical) From: 6600nuts@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Jeff "Koganuts" Koga) Date: 1991-05-02, 22:56 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks Well, these are the replies that I got from my question a while back. Sorry for the delay, 6600koga has been on the fritz. Nevertheless, PLEASE send any replies to 6600koga, NOT 6600nuts. Thanks. From noe@suna0.cs.uiuc.edu Fri Apr 19 23:37:40 1991 Date: Sat, 20 Apr 91 01:36:19 -0500 From: Roger Noe To: 6600koga@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Chess Set (Theoretical) Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks Organization: School for the Gifted and the Damned at Urbana-Champaign Status: RO In article <10692@hub.ucsb.edu> you write: >If you were at the Franklin Mint, and you decided to >create a Twin Peaks chess set, what would the board >look like? Also, who would the pieces be, and on >what side of the board would they be on? I tried to stick with "living" characters, but ran out of black ones. The board would have jelly donuts on the white squares and owls on the black squares. WHITE K - Dale Cooper Q - Log Lady B - Harry Truman, Pete Martell N - Maj. Briggs, Will Hayward R - Hawk, Ed Hurley P - Donna Hayward, Audrey Horne, Norma Jennings, James Hurley, Andy Brennan, Lucy Moran, Nadine Hurley, Annie Blackburne BLACK K - Windom Earle Q - Catherine Martell B - Ben Horne, Andrew Packard N - Leo Johnson, Hank Jennings R - Bobby Briggs, Jerry Horne P - Shelley Johnson, Mike Nelson, Dr. Jacoby, Dick Tremayne, John J. Wheeler, Bob Iger? -- Roger Noe roger-noe@uiuc.edu Department of Computer Science noe@cs.uiuc.edu University of Illinois 40:06:39 N. 88:13:41 W. Urbana, IL 61801 USA From s5!maus@uunet.UU.NET Mon Apr 22 13:06:23 1991 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 91 14:55:26 EDT From: maus@fid.Morgan.COM (Malcolm Austin) To: 6600koga@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Chess Set (Theoretical) Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks Organization: Morgan Stanley, & Co., Inc. / New York City, NY Cc: Status: RO OK, I have reversed the convention of white=good and black=evil, since Windom is playing white. I have also stuck to the convention of female players for queens (against my better judgment, in the case of white), and kept to buildings for rooks. Bishops have quasi-mystical connotations. (Magician types) Knights are solid workhorse types. Pawns are nameless, and all the same (on a side). White King - Windom Earle (playing his flute) White Queen - Catherine (weakest choice here, but there are no really *evil* women in TP, in the Windom/BOB sense. Could replace with BOB, I suppose, except for the gender convention White Bishops - Leland (w golf club!) - BOB (grinning maniacally, wringing hands) White Knights - Leo Johnson (bathrobe, collar, and drool) - Benjamin Horne (carrot in one hand, cigar in his mouth) White Rooks - Great Northern (w metal waterfall spilling over the top onto base of piece) - Train Car (where LP and Ronette were found) White Pawns - Owls (but of course!, mounted on tree braches) Black King - Cooper (in his FBI suit, tape recorder to face) Black Queen - Laura Palmer (Sorry, Annie, but Laura *clearly* has precedence. "Homecoming queen" look, with prom dress Black Bishops - Giant (hands folded in front of him) - Major Briggs (on woodland throne!, or at attention) Black Knights - Truman (hat, gun, one hand on hip puzzled look) - Albert (stethoscope, lab coat, irritated expression) or Denise! (smiling, head cocked to one side) Black Rooks - the Gazebo (idyllic, plus it would look good on a rook) - the RR Diner (just the sign) Black Pawns - as designed by Windom Earle--rocker w head lolling out of a pawn. Alternative: dancing dwarfs. The board is, naturlich, wood. Either dark and light wood, or light wood alternating with "red curtain" colored squares. In either case, the cave petroglyph should be etched into it. These are tough choices. I am emphasizing the current plot, hence haven't included any of the One-Eyed Jacks crowd (Blackie, Renault Bros., Mountie, etc.) And it was tough selecting among the lawmen (and I couldn't decide between Albert and Denise--Albert for the show, but I think Denise would make a better looking piece (no pun intended)). Andy and Hawk are also worthy candidates. Gee, this was fun! -- =Malcolm Austin================================================================ maus@fid.morgan.com | I have discovered a remarkable quotation for this #include | .sig, but this space is too small to contain it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From perry%garfield.cs.wisc.edu@cs.wisc.edu Tue Apr 23 08:45:51 1991 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 10:46:26 -0500 From: perry%garfield.cs.wisc.edu@cs.wisc.edu To: 6600koga@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu Status: RO > If you were at the Franklin Mint, and you decided to create a Twin Peaks > chess set, what would the board look like? Also, who would the pieces be, > and on what side of the board would they be on? First of all, there would have to be two actual boards, one for Twin Peaks and one for the mystery world. They are separated by a board of trees, and there are passages on all boards that lead to the others, generally by accident, the passageways unseen, as well as changing. The other world board is at least 4D, and the "good" player doesn't know the map. There will be a "good" side, in gold (to represent badges), and consists of Cooper, Truman, Andy Hawk, Major Briggs, Denis(e), Cole... There is an "evil" side, BOB and Windom. There are two "neutral" sides. Owls, and citizens. The owls start on the tree board and filter into the other boards randomly to confuse and interfere. The owl side also includes the Giant, the Dancing Dwarf and MIKE. Citizens include other characters, some of which have a limited life in the game (for instance Leland is only available at first), and characters can be "possessed" (of evil) or "influenced" (by Cooper's wholesome goodness), ie Ben's change of heart, Leland's possession. Obviously, this chess game will only be possible on a computer. The Franklin Mint couldn't do it. Also, this would be a better subject AFTER the last episode, assuming we get more insight into who is good or evil, motivations, what the spirit world and Lodges really are, etc. Maybe you should post again then? ************> russellp@cae.wisc.edu <******************************* | | Russ Perry Jr (currently reachable at:) "Feed my brain with your so |||| 5970 Scott St 104 S Randall Ave called standards; who says || / Omro WI 54963 Madison WI 53715 that I ain't right?"--Metallica / -- Jeff "Koganuts" Koga 1) "The 'Star Wars' Trilogy" by John Williams Internet: 6600koga@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu 2)"Dances with Wolves" by John Barry Bitnet: 6600koga@ucsbuxa.bitnet 3) "Star Trek II:TWoK" by James Horner Recommended CDs: 4) "Soundtrack from '^Twin Peaks^'" by Angelo Baladamenti