diff --git a/board/board.go b/board/board.go
index 53d56e0..fcb23fe 100644
--- a/board/board.go
+++ b/board/board.go
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
 package board
 
-import "github.com/maaslalani/gambit/piece"
+import (
+	"github.com/maaslalani/gambit/piece"
+)
 
 type Board struct {
 	// The board is represented as a 2D array of cells.
 	// The first index is the row, the second is the column.
-	grid [8][8]*piece.Piece
+	grid     [8][8]piece.Piece
+	reversed bool
+}
+
+func NewBoard() Board {
+	grid := [8][8]piece.Piece{
+		{piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty()},
+		{piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty()},
+		{piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty()},
+		{piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty()},
+		{piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty()},
+		{piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty()},
+		{piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty()},
+		{piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty(), piece.Empty()},
+	}
+	return Board{grid: grid}
 }
diff --git a/color/color.go b/color/color.go
index dfce836..a64eb02 100644
--- a/color/color.go
+++ b/color/color.go
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ type Color int
 const (
 	White Color = 0
 	Black Color = 1
+	None  Color = -1
 )
diff --git a/piece/piece.go b/piece/piece.go
index aad736b..655bed6 100644
--- a/piece/piece.go
+++ b/piece/piece.go
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Piece struct {
-	Color color.Color
 	Type  Type
+	Color color.Color
+}
+
+func Empty() Piece {
+	return Piece{None, color.None}
+}
+
+func (p Piece) String() string {
+	return Display[p.Type]
 }
diff --git a/piece/type.go b/piece/type.go
index af0a64b..a18417c 100644
--- a/piece/type.go
+++ b/piece/type.go
@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@ const (
 	Rook   Type = "R"
 	Queen  Type = "Q"
 	King   Type = "K"
+	None   Type = " "
 )
+
+var Display = map[Type]string{
+	Bishop: "♝",
+	King:   "♚",
+	Knight: "♞",
+	Pawn:   "♟",
+	Queen:  "♛",
+	Rook:   "♜",
+	None:   " ",
+}