Game KnightsLogo Design Contest

We are both a retail space (we sell games and related items) as well as a place for people to play games. We hold regular events including but not limited to scavenger hunt contests, murder mystery nights, and a large Medieval knights' quest every year. We market to the board gamers as well as table-top role-playing gamers (like D&D). Most of our customers are adults, though we do have programs for children also.

Bold colors along with with black and white.

With the logo we want to communicate PLAYFUL, FUN, as well as Medieval Knight. Aside from "games," we wish to lean into the feeling that our name, "Knights," evokes. We strongly desire an element of the logo to be a shield featuring a black and white checkerboard pattern. Other heraldric elements on the shield can include chess pieces and/or dice (I've attached some examples just to illustrate what I'm talking about; they don't have to look exactly like these). Be creative with anything else you wish to include in the logo, but please include the shield as a part (even if only a small part) of whatever you design. Thank you!