Buriram Expats
Buriram Province - General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: cooked on July 16, 2014, 12:42:38 PM
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I can't seem to find any decent toys for kids. I went around Buriram trying to find a checkers board and pieces, just a load of multi coloured rubbish apparently meant for idiots. The game of idiots (checkers) has been around for thousands of years and can be played at any age above 8. Other games I did find seemed to be cheap RUBBISH or expensive RUBBISH made of wood that any self respecting kid would destroy in 5 minutes. Don't tell me Big C, please... any suggestions as to where to buy stuff?
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I was looking for a chess set a while back.....gave up.If you see any while looking for your checkers please post it here.Thanks biggreen
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Upstairs in the Robinsons Mall in Surin has a great selection of toys, not cheap though and I didn't notice board games, but I bet they have them. Toys in Thailand break very easily, you get what you pay for.
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EBAY!
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Looks like a trip to Surin then or Ebay,thanks thumbup
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Looks like a trip to Surin then or Ebay,thanks thumbup
So who do you plan on playing with? I love chess but I hate losing. Getting a chess club together would interest me more than telling loud stories in the bamboo bar. I think most Thai families have a table in the garden with a chess / checkers board on it, I guess I just assumed that chess / checkers played with whisky miniatures would be a way of life. (fool's handicap)
I remember beating my dad when I was 11 years old and he accused me of cheating and stared at the board for 20 minutes.
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EBAY!
yes, ebay, half the stuff i have sent doesn't arrive.
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I haven't played for years,but I miss it sometimes,really helps the mind to focus and work,I believe the Thai's have their own rules etc,maybe someone here will know for sure,don't need a club just a meet up point at a quiet bar and a couple of players and a couple of boards I suppose.I find there is so little mental stimuli here that it could be health beneficial,I'll go to Surin in the next few days and have a look.
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I haven't played for years,but I miss it sometimes,really helps the mind to focus and work,I believe the Thai's have their own rules etc,maybe someone here will know for sure,don't need a club just a meet up point at a quiet bar and a couple of players and a couple of boards I suppose.I find there is so little mental stimuli here that it could be health beneficial,I'll go to Surin in the next few days and have a look.
i saw a Thai chess board in the national museum im Bangkok,but it didn't look much like the one described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makruk
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There is a place in Buriram that sells loads of board games. From Bangkok Bank go up the road towards the railway staion road. At the end turn right. There is a toy shop about 100 metres on the right.
Thai chess does indeed have different rules. This also means that the set of pieces is slightly different.
The only pieces on the board that move in the same way in Thai chess are the knights and the rooks. I learnt to play a few years back. Thai chess is a bit quicker from start to finish. One Thai guy that showed me some tricks was once the runner up in the Thai national championships. He used to take his rooks off the board and would still beat everyone that took him on.
If you really miss chess that much you can play online at www.thaibg.com.
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if you have any mates coming over from england ask them to bring you some games wont weigh much.
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Thanks Starman,I don't "miss it that much"as you put it,but sometimes it would be nice to have a game,with a live opponent.
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EBAY!
yes, ebay, half the stuff i have sent doesn't arrive.
I've bought a shit load of items off eBay since i came to live here and never had any delivery issues....
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Our postman chooses not to deliver bills for months at a time. I wouldn't give parcels much chance, would you? Sending by EMS, if the guy is willing to deliver outside of Europe, can cost more than the contents.
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Our postman chooses not to deliver bills for months at a time. I wouldn't give parcels much chance, would you? Sending by EMS, if the guy is willing to deliver outside of Europe, can cost more than the contents.
You could get a post office box at Buriram post office.
Failing that, do you or your wife know any teachers that work at the local school? Get parcels sent for their attention at the school address. Will be delivered no problem.
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Our postman chooses not to deliver bills for months at a time. I wouldn't give parcels much chance, would you? Sending by EMS, if the guy is willing to deliver outside of Europe, can cost more than the contents.
You could get a post office box at Buriram post office.
Failing that, do you or your wife know any teachers that work at the local school? Get parcels sent for their attention at the school address. Will be delivered no problem.
Yes, we have a PO box in Lamplaimatt, THB300.- a year. But as I said above sending by EMS to the PO box is expensive, and theoretically the post office staff aren't allowed to sign for stuff.
We walked to the toy shop, maybe different management since you were there last. A load of plasic rubbish, meant for wholesale. Absolutely no board games. We walked on well past Paddy's bar, nada. Thanks anyway.
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Our postman chooses not to deliver bills for months at a time. I wouldn't give parcels much chance, would you? Sending by EMS, if the guy is willing to deliver outside of Europe, can cost more than the contents.
You could get a post office box at Buriram post office.
Failing that, do you or your wife know any teachers that work at the local school? Get parcels sent for their attention at the school address. Will be delivered no problem.
Yes, we have a PO box in Lamplaimatt, THB300.- a year. But as I said above sending by EMS to the PO box is expensive, and theoretically the post office staff aren't allowed to sign for stuff.
We walked to the toy shop, maybe different management since you were there last. A load of plasic rubbish, meant for wholesale. Absolutely no board games. We walked on well past Paddy's bar, nada. Thanks anyway.
Did you go to the right place? It is nowhere near Paddy's Bar.
It has been run by the same family for decades.
I recently bought Thai monopoly there.
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well apparently not. I went to the Bangkok Bank that I know (and use), walked towards 'railway station road ' and turned right. That brings you eventually to Paddy's Bar. I went to the one on this map, just south of 'Nivas Road' https://www.google.co.th/maps/search/bangkok+bank/@14.997331,103.106852,15z
Can we try again? Brat's birthday is tomorrow.
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The shop is on Nivas Road. Nivas Road leads to the True shop in one direction and the railway station in the other. Quite a way and a few turns from Paddy's bar.
When turning right to the toy shop you would have seen a shop selling ice and, probably, a large stack of soda water crates.
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I was reading these posts and it prompted me to go on line and see what chess sets are available in the UK. It seems you can no longer get sets like the old Spears Games type ( Folding board and plastic pieces all in a cardboard box) you can however get wooden boards and pieces for around £12. I will keep searching and if can find sets at a reasonable price and weight I will send over 2 or 3 sets with my things when I move over in September. (Mid to late Oct arrival)
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That's very kind of you Freddy,I'm sure that those of us who like to play will pay you for a set,Thanks biggreen
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No problem. I'm sure I will be able to find some reasonable sets somewhere. I quite like the idea of a couple of cold ones and a game or two. Haven't played for years.
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I just found some sets on Amazon. Look to be like the spears boxed sets although not a lot of detail. I have one on the way and if any good will send for a couple more. It's gonna be the folding board [ thick printed cardboard) and plastic moulded pieces I think but if like what I had when I was a kid perfectly playable. Is this what you had in mind or was better quality required.
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Great stuff, so I don't have to do anything. I should just buy cheap stuff, if things get serious we can buy more expensive stuff later. I read that only 5000 Thais know European chess, and 2 million can play Maruk. Anyway, most of the concrete tables on sale have a chess board on top so that shouldn't be a problem. I would pay forone for sure.
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Also, very easy and cheap to make a good strong chess board so as you say, if regular playing takes off then can just order some better quality pieces.
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Cooked & Jason B I have had 3 chess sets delivered. Plastic with a folding cardboard board but perfectly playable and inexpensive. Will be shipped out with my stuff in September.
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Good work. Let's wait until then and see if we can set up a Sunday morning try out somewhere. I'm sure you guys know places in Buriram that would be suitable.
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Thanks Freddy,a man of your word,Let me know what I owe you Mate. redman
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Cooked, Jason, Davu,
My shipper has advised that my boxes from the uK should arrive in Bangkok on the 8th November and should be delivered to me no later than the 13th. So unless Thai customs have the desire to play chess and confiscate the 3 sets all should be good to arrange a get together. It has occurred to me that I haven't played for about 20 years so anticipate being bottom of the class.
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I haven't played for at least 10 years,so practice is what is needed Freddy.(and a couple of beers Mate)
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Especially the beer bit !
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Jason B, Davu, Cooked......First an apology because 8 months has passed since last post on this. I've just been so busy with build and getting house straight. Anyway, I have 3 chess sets here ( since November) and if still interested we can arrange something.
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No problem. What or where do you suggest as a a meet up place? Anywhere that even faintly whiffs of bar girls will be immediately eliminated by my wife...
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And there was me gonna suggest Baccara in Pattaya
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Hi Davu, sorry no further response. At this point you are the only person who has expressed an interest out of those who were previously interested. Are you in the Lam Plait Mat area?
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I sure am. My place or yours?
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I sure am. My place or yours?
Sounds like an invite to a 'We're having a gang-bang ,we're having a ball' type of party!!