Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Leap Chess Clock

Kings of War allows for timed games especially in its most competitive form. To facilitate this you need a chess clock - either a smartphone app or a dedicated clock.

Worried about battery drain and also struggling with the concept of multitasking on the same device, I decided to grab the physical chess clock. Jumping on eBay I quickly found a multitude of sellers out of China, offering what appeared to be the same model.

Branded "Leap", it is a nice compact model in a dark brown-black plastic. The instructions are easy to follow and you can either count up or count down (with an alarm when it times out). It requires one A size battery.

Very economical too. It cost me NZD$25 (USD$16) including post from China.

 

5 comments:

  1. Which seller did you pick this up from?

    (And did the lovely rat come with the clock?)

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    1. directseller999

      No....he is purely there for ratty goodness!

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  2. Nice. When I decide to buy something like this I always wonder if it's worth buying a few more and on-selling them to break even on the cost and postage.

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  3. Always think that timers impact more on horde armies like gobbos and ratkin.

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    1. That argument has been advanced as part of the reason low unit count armies were more popular at UK CoK. I've got a couple of Ratkin games lined up so I'll see if the timed game is an issue now I've got the mechanics down

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