Chess, a game that came to our shores 1500 years ago from northern India, along the ancient Silk Road through Persia and the Middle East, via Moorish Spain. It has been a battle of wits and strategic thinking between medieval kings and queens, priests and bishops, presidents and prime ministers, intellectuals and artificial intelligence. A marker of a child’s growth is the day they beat their parent at chess. And all sorts of arguments are ended with the immortal words: checkmate. However, today’s chess sets can be a bit monochrome and bland. Think of the pieces in Harry Potter’s Wizard’s Chess, the inspiration for which you can see in the British Museum’s Lewis Chessmen. So, at Lost Universe, we have gathered some boards and pieces with a pop culture twist. Try playing a game with our Marvel superhero chess set, or battle Uruk Hais and Kings of Gondor with our collectable Lord of the Rings film chess set.