Chess table

The chess table is a piece of recreation furniture that provides cerebral recreation when used by colonists, as well as small trickle of Intellectual skill experience.

It is the equivalent to the Neolithic Game-of-Ur board, and only available to factions of Medieval tech level or above.

Acquisition[edit]

Chess tables can only be constructed by New Arrivals. They require 70 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony) and 8,000 ticks (2.22 mins) of work. New Tribes can never construct chess tables, and must instead have the exclusive ability to construct game-of-Ur boards.

They are also available from Outlander traders and faction bases, and as quest rewards.

Summary[edit]

Chess tables must have chairs directly adjacent to it to be used by up to two colonists. Sometimes a colonist will play chess alone, which gives the same recreation. Chess improves the player's Intellectual skill at a meager rate of 0.002 XP per tick, or 0.12 XP per real-time second.

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Rec Power	76%	88%	100%	112%	124%	140%	180%

Analysis[edit]

Compared to other recreation items, the chess table uses twice the materials of it's tribal equivalent, the game-of-Ur board, but has a significantly higher base recreation power (100% vs. 80%). It is advisable to replace any game-of-Ur boards with a chess table as soon as possible, so long as the boards are not of a sufficently higher quality to make up for the deficit.

The chess table is a very cheap option for intellectual play and gives a significant amount of recreational power at higher crafting levels, but does not produce as much cerebral play value as a poker table. It does not require cloth, however, and is an acceptable substitute until cloth can be grown or traded for a poker table.

It also provides 33% more Intellectual skill XP than the Game-of-Ur board.

Material table

Material	Stuff cost	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Wooden Chess table	70	4	005,600 ticks (1.56 mins)	65	100%	00,104,00
Granite Chess table	70	4	048,140 ticks (13.37 mins)	170	0%	00,235,00
Limestone Chess table	70	4	048,140 ticks (13.37 mins)	155	0%	00,235,00
Marble Chess table	70	6	044,140 ticks (12.26 mins)	120	0%	00,220,00
Sandstone Chess table	70	4	040,140 ticks (11.15 mins)	140	0%	00,205,00
Slate Chess table	70	4	048,140 ticks (13.37 mins)	130	0%	00,235,00
Jade Chess table	70	20	040,000 ticks (11.11 mins)	50	0%	00,495,00
Golden Chess table	700	36	007,200 ticks (2 mins)	60	40%	07,025,00
Plasteel Chess table	70	4	017,600 ticks (4.89 mins)	280	0%	00,695,00
Silver Chess table	700	14	008,000 ticks (2.22 mins)	70	40%	00,730,00
Steel Chess table	70	4	008,000 ticks (2.22 mins)	100	40%	00,162,00
Uranium Chess table	70	2	015,200 ticks (4.22 mins)	250	0%	00,475,00