Death's Chess

Origins
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet from the Middle Ages who is best remembered today for his story the Canterbury Tales. He wrote in the vernacular English, which meant it was written in the popular language in England instead of a foreign one, like French or Latin.

Effects
The pieces are stuck to the board and move with verbal command. Once you start a game you are compelled to finish it, the loser instantly dying. Inspired his poem 'The Book of the Dutchess'.