So I’ve been thinking about Starship Chess, with chess pieces represented by various starships. I’m thinking mainly TNG era because there is more of a variety of ships. Can you help me out with suggestions? The Pawns could be Runabouts or shuttles (maybe even Workbees) The King could be SpaceDock or a Starbase. Or a Galaxy class ship? Or the Queen should be a Galaxy class? Knights could be Defiant class. Bishops, maybe Nebula class or Excelsiors? Akira class? Rooks… I don’t know. What other ideas or suggestions do you have?
I wouldn't include shuttles or runabouts and instead use the Miranda class as Pawns. King=Galaxy Class Queen=Sovereign Class Knights=Defiant Class Bishops=Nebula Class Rooks=Excelsior Class For the opposing side I would use a mixture of various alien classes. King=V'Ger Queen=Borg Cube Knights=Dominion Battlecruiser Bishops=Romulan Warbirds Rooks=Cardasian Galor Class Pawns=JemH'dar Fighters or Klingon Birds of Prey depending on your preference
I had this idea a while back. I remember I wanted Defiants to be Knights because they are so manuverable. I remember I had trouble deciding how to fit other classes. My idea for the King was the mashroom starbase as well, I think that's the easies one to make. You will not be able to fit all the ships in there.
Kings should be some for of station - that would explain their strategic purpose in the game, as well as their (relative) lack of motion. Either something like the Earth Spacedock or DS9 (yes, it is a Cardassian design, but it looks cool). For Queen, I would go with the Galaxy. I agree with those other assignments you have for the Federation side, though perhaps the pawns can be of the Oberth class instead of the Miranda. Also, for some reason I feel like the Excelsior would be more of a Bishop and the Nebula wold be more of a Rook.