A small chess addon for Towntopia. Villagers sit down at chess tables and play each other, and you can sit down and play them.
What it adds
- Chess table and chess timer blocks, both craftable.
- Villagers who actually play. They follow normal chess rules and use a real clock, so games can end on time.
- Casual games: villagers pair up on their own when they have free time. Sit in an empty chair during the day and a villager will come over to play you.
- A flat 2D board. Right-click a table during a game if you'd rather not play on the 3D board. You can also resign from that screen, in casual games and tournaments.
- The Chess Arbiter, a new villager profession, plus chess parlor tokens so a village can set up a proper chess room.
- Morning tournaments, about one per village per day. Villagers who win earn titles: Candidate Master, then FIDE Master, International Master and Grandmaster. Titled villagers are more likely to show up again, so the field gets tougher over time.
Crafting
Table: oak planks around a white wool block and a black wool block.
Timer: gold ingots around quartz, on a smooth stone base.
Both recipes show up in the recipe book once you've picked up the materials.
Requirements
Minecraft 1.21.1 and NeoForge. You also need Towntopia, TownKit and GeckoLib installed. Works in singleplayer and on servers.
(townkit currently not in curseforge or modrinth here: https://github.com/glencarlosventura516-pixel/jar)
If you run into a bug, leave a comment and I'll take a look.

