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Originally Posted by links_slayer  I collect (and I use this term relatively loosely) chess sets. I've got sets from Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Brazil, and Mexico along with sets from around here (the cliche Civil War, LOTR, etc. sets).
I'm terrible (and that's putting it nicely) at chess, but I think they look neat.  I should snap a few pics one of these days.... |
Ummm... ditto. I suck at chess (well, I'm definitely not "good" anyway), but I have this thing for sets. I only have 7 or 8, none particularly expensive (although I recently inherited a pewter Franklin Mint "Battle of Waterloo" set that's pretty sweet), but I have them scattered around my apartment and get made fun of by my wife. I have a (cheap) resin LOTR, and a reasonably nice South African stone set. I rarely play with them, though. A $30 glass set you could pick up at any mall gets the most use.
I also have a lot of board games from the '60s-80's. Poker chips (specifically high-end playable sets) are really just an extension of my "game" collection, I guess. I used to have an awful lot of playing cards, too... not really from collecting per se, but I'd buy a deck, wear it out, buy another deck, etc., and never throw any out (until about 8 years ago).
