[Credit: Tony, Lasermad] I’ll admit it: I have never sat down to a game of chess. I get as far as arranging the pieces correctly on the board, reading up on the rules, and then I begin to lose ...

A chess set doesn't have to be flashy to be functional, but it can be flashy and sometimes that's a joy all its own. For example, take this board kitted out with Nixie tubes, antiquated vacuum tube ...