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Rich Hutnik wrote:

Take the example of Games Magazine in its Games 100 lists. They list chess variants, and tell people about Grand Chess. People get interested. Ok, now where do they get the board and pieces? They don't. They have to make them.

And unlike cardgames, we DON'T have equipment readily available at all. Like, how about going out and getting a 10x10 chess board in North America? Sorry, not easily doable.

Grand Chess sets sell for $39.00. See

http://www.mindsports.nl/index.php/get/game-material

My own collection of Chess variant sets includes two Gothic Chess sets, an Omega Chess set, two Cambaluc Chinese Chess sets, a set of traditional Chinese Chess pieces, and a set of traditional Korean Chess pieces. Although the Cambaluc sets are not in production, the other sets are available for purchase. Besides what I have, there are other sets you can buy, such as traditional Shogi pieces, the figurine bi-colored Eurasia-Chess pieces, and a very expensive Courier Chess set. I'm sure there are others I haven't mentioned here.