Although besides the utility of actually playing with them, some of the old designs are pretty interesting in the tweaks that they make. The Lewis Chessmen at t

Although besides the utility of actually playing with them, some of the old designs are pretty interesting in the tweaks that they make. The Lewis Chessmen at the British Museum, for example, replaced rooks with berserkers, represented by a figure biting on the top of a tall shield. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976x549_b/p01t83kd.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976x549_b/p01t83kd.jpg It makes a bit more sense than castles; I wouldn't want to be staring down a row at that one on the left.