Mohammed Brückner
2 min readSep 6, 2024

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Lemme share a movie scene your story sparked in my head:

In the hallowed halls of our local chess club, a peculiar debate once erupted over the optimal theme for a LEGO set. It was a chilly winter evening, and the fire crackled as we pondered whether a "Dune"-themed LEGO set truly resonated with our audience. One member, known for his unorthodox strategies, proposed an analogy that left us all aghast.

"Imagine," he began, his eyes gleaming with a mix of madness and brilliance, "a chessboard where each piece is not just a pawn or a knight, but a miniature ornithopter from 'Dune.' These flying contraptions, with their flapping wings and chainsaw-like sounds, would defy the very rules of the game."

He paused, letting the absurdity sink in. "Just as these ornithopters would disrupt the traditional flow of chess, a 'Dune' LEGO set might disrupt the expectations of our club members. We are a group accustomed to the methodical, the predictable. But what if our LEGO sets were to break free from these constraints? What if they were to soar like the ornithopters, defying gravity and logic?"

The room fell silent, each of us lost in our own thoughts. Was this a call to revolutionize our approach to LEGO sets, or merely the ramblings of a chess enthusiast gone rogue? The question lingered, much like the haunting image of those impossible flying machines.

As we packed up our chessboards and headed home, the night air carried a whisper: "In a world where LEGO sets can mimic the impossible, perhaps our imaginations should be the only limit." And so, we left, each of us pondering the boundaries between reality and the fantastical, and whether a "Dune" LEGO set was indeed the catalyst we needed to shatter those boundaries. Or was it just a wild, fanciful dream, born from the smoke and mirrors of a chess club's late-night musings? Only time would tell.

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Mohammed Brückner
Mohammed Brückner

Written by Mohammed Brückner

Authored "IT is not magic, it's architecture", "The Office Adventure - (...) pen & paper gamebook" & more for fun & learning 👉 https://platformeconomies.com !

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