I’m afraid I don’t really get it. If the pirate R! is supposed to make a pawn a prawn, that’s stretching it.
The board setup looks a bit strange as well. The white king is very exposed and the white queen seems to be blocked by the white knight and bishop. Not a good position. Just being picky about details since I don’t usually notice them.
I have a feeling that pirates would play chess out of boredom rather than any real enthusiasm for the game. Over the years, pieces get lost, new rules are made up, and one day you’re playing with a prawn instead of a pawn.
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
Playing chess is starting to get me hungry.
revtry over 14 years ago
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TheSkulker over 14 years ago
I’m afraid I don’t really get it. If the pirate R! is supposed to make a pawn a prawn, that’s stretching it.
The board setup looks a bit strange as well. The white king is very exposed and the white queen seems to be blocked by the white knight and bishop. Not a good position. Just being picky about details since I don’t usually notice them.
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Precisely the point, Cappy! “R” indeed!
BTW, this is the 2nd tie-in with Apple® this week; what gives?
EDIT: hey! Hi, TheSkulker. New arc just beginning (yesterday) at Pibgorn, if you’d like to drop in…. BTW, I think that’s a rook, not the king.
WoodEye over 14 years ago
Just don’t put your knight in front of his pRawn!
Jml58 over 14 years ago
Can he pawn that prawn?
Sabretooth over 14 years ago
I really love the i-patch. Nice touch, Justin!!
mntim over 14 years ago
I have a feeling that pirates would play chess out of boredom rather than any real enthusiasm for the game. Over the years, pieces get lost, new rules are made up, and one day you’re playing with a prawn instead of a pawn.
Check, matey.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
I think - in my brute force stupidity about such things - that the Cap’n is realizing his mistake and commenting on it (via a bad pun, it is true).
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
well, at least he didn’t use a real horse’s head for the knights; all that gooey blood would make the chessboard too icky
lakita_lover over 14 years ago
That’s so cute. It made me Lol.
Btw, Sabretooth, I like your avatar.
bmonk over 14 years ago
An up-to-date tech pirate, complete with the latest iPatch! And, evidently, an Apple user.
If he’s also a hacker, no doubt he pirates computers to spread his worms…
POPPA1956 over 14 years ago
“He cain’t be blamed, He’s only a prawn in the game…” B. Dylan
Danielle180 over 14 years ago
So if you win, you get accused of cheating. So why bother playing?
gulfcoastgrl over 14 years ago
That’d be R instead of AARG! Hilarious strip today!
Shikamoo Premium Member over 14 years ago
Prrrrawn. Hmm. Interesting.