I once lived in a shared house with a pair of geeks that was divided along similar lines.

This is really old.

One of the charms against stitches/pains we have from the Anglo Saxon period (Wið fǣrstice) has the lines -

'gif ðū wǣre on fell scoten oððe wǣre on flǣsc scoten'

Meaning -

'If it was the shot of the Æsir or it was the shot of Elves'.

I would pay good money to see a Muppet remake of The Wicker Man.

"On tenterhooks" not "On tenderhooks"

And swerving slightly from malapropisms -

"If your going to quote from the Book of Revelation,
Don't go calling it the book of revelations,
Theres no 's', it's the Book of Revelation
As revealed by St John the Divine.
See also Mary Hopkin,
She must despair"

silly-trance
Possibly the best kind of magic there is :)

Sounds fascinating :)

I'm now thinking about knocking up a set of 3d models for E-Chess, though there would be a heavy learning curve for me. I don't know the software yet & have only recently got access to a printer.

I never knew there was an online version - this is fascinating and very cool.

I agree that AI players would feel wrong.

I just found out about gnostic chess - inspired by E-Chess. What's cool about it is the set is on thingyverse for free 3d printing here:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6250275

"Like, we're watching folk horror, but also, you are the folk horror"

New motto -

"Be the folk horror you wish to see in the world".