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Final Fantasy Tactics Chess Board Set
This is one of those “I’m surprised this doesn’t exist yet” posts, because Final Fantasy Tactics was inspired by chess, so why isn’t there a tie-in chess board?
My thoughts turned to FFT when I saw this neat Super Mario chess set. I managed to resist buying the Mario set, only because I wanted something a little more sophisticated to match my maturity level (hey stop laughing), hence my need for a Tactics-based set.
Like the Mario set, I hope a FFT board would include figurines for all the playing pieces. Each figurine would need a base that identifies their position (Pawn, Knight, Bishop, Rook, etc.), something I think the Mario set definitely lacks.
Note: sorry I didn’t include all 32 pieces in the image, that would’ve taken a few days to illustrate.
Watch This! Part 3: Final Fantasy VII
Here is a watch design based on the city of Midgar from Final Fantasy VII. The watch could come in several flavors, above is a black matte design with a ‘Materia’ wrist strap.
The “towers” surrounding the city face could also illuminate. The hands are based on the swords belonging to Cloud and Sephiroth.
Here is a white gold version and one with green lighting: