Harry Potter: The Pop-Up Wizard Chess Set
By (Author) David Hawcock
Insight Editions
Insight Editions
16th October 2024
United States
General
Non Fiction
794.1
Contains 1 Hardback and 1 Kit
32
Width 279mm, Height 325mm, Spine 28mm
898g
Inspired by the Harry Potter films, Harry Potter Pop-Up Wizard Chess Set is an innovative, plastic-free chess set with an ingenious construction. Designed by David Hawcock, featuring artwork by Richard Davies.
Wizards chesslike you've never seen before! Light and portable, this completely new chess set is based on the famous wizarding chess film scene from Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone and features stunning, in-world artwork by Richard Davies.
In addition to a full set of standard pieces, the set also includes optional alternative pieces featuring Harry, Hermione andof courseRon. These pieces can be swapped in so that you can play the game as it was played in the film.
The set includes a 44-page book packed with behind-the-scenes information about the film and general information about the game, including the rules and the tactics of chess.
HIGH-QUALITY, ROBUST FORMAT: The set is portable and housed in a high-quality slipcase to protect the board, pieces, and book within.
SET FOLDS FLAT: Easily stored like a book, it reopens with the pieces in position.
NO PLASTIC: Soft touch laminated card pieces fold flat and are easy to use.
David Hawcock has designed and engineered many successful pop-up titles, including Journal of Inventions: Leonardo Da Vinci and The Amazing Pull-Out Pop-Up Body in a Book. After graduating with a degree in graphic design, David worked for design groups in London before turning freelance and specializing in 3-D graphics. He worked with advertising agencies and publishers, including Saatchi and Saatchi and Dorling Kindersley, and he later set up his own company creating ideas-based projects for publishers around the world. David lives in Bath, UK, is married, and has three children.