"what I learned from building a chessboard in a weekend"

"chess with matchsticks - I really liked orangeposter42069's weekend chess experiment but wanted to see if I could go even more extreme, [53000 word vomit continues, 3 Medium popover walls + coursebuy griftware on the side]"

"chess with matchsticks may be interesting, but AXESHOEWALLY bars of soap would be more period-appropriate"