VENTUREBOARD 6 Inches Magnetic Unique Chess Set Board Game - 2 Extra Queens - Folding Board, Portable Travel Chess Board Game Pieces - Orange/Grey

So expensive but the concept is great. The game doesn’t stay perfectly in place if you throw it like it shows. But with regular moving around, the pieces do stay in place. I wish the bigger size were available. I’d probably get a second one so more of our kids can play simultaneously.

Las piezas magnéticas se quedan muy bien alncerrsr el tubo

Les aimants ne sont pas assez forts. Un tout petit choc et les pions se déplacent. Contraire à ce qui est annoncé dans les publicités.

This chess set can be readily rolled-up and put-away. Conversely, it’s easily re-deployed when required. But will it preserve the chess piece positions? To a large extent, it will. Some of the positions will shift if this chess roll-up is bounced around in say a backpack. However, the preservation of the state of play is good enough. Yet, this isn’t its greatest strength. The important bit here is that it’s actually difficult to drop or loose a piece and there’s more. - The size and proportions of the set fills your perspective when this chess set is held in your hand. To your mind’s eye, it appears as a full-sized board thus making the game-play easier to appreciate. - Extra queens and two other extra pieces are included. - I’ve had the kit for two weeks now and it appears to be sturdy and well made. The inclusion of a tie-bag is a nice touch. - Delivery from Columbus, Ohio to my place in Europe was under three days - utterly amazing!

First of all, this is my go-to board when I'm reading my chess books or traveling. The idea for this magnetic, rollable, place-saving, size of a water bottle travel chess set is genius! I'm so glad I bought this as it's way better than trying to move tiny magnetic discs on a checkbook style pocket board. That being said, there are a few things I think could make it even better. The good: - When I first received my Venture Board a handful of the pieces had magnets that has fallen out. I reached out to the company (on a Saturday night no less) and they responded instantly! Sent me replacements for the pieces with magnet issues. That is an A+ for customer service. - Magnets are pretty strong. The pieces don't stay perfectly in place when in storage mode and in my backpack, but they aren't all over the place either. Just some little piece adjustments here and there and we are back to the saved position. A must for going through chess books a little bit at a time. -Build quality feels solid! I'm not worried about this board at all. The wish list: - I wish the print on the pieces stood out more. Especially the white print on the black pieces. I don't have the greatest eye sight so that contrast/pop of maybe a thicker line for the image or a brighter white on the black pieces would be extremely awesome! - As they come, the pieces can't slide across the board because of the bottom corner being a sharp "90°" angle (it might not be exactly 90° but you get what I mean). The sharp corner catches on the groove of the folds. This can be easily fixed with rounding the bottom corners (which I did with some light sanding) or adding a camfer. That way the corner doesn't get snagged on the lip of the folds. - I think the file notations on the board should be lower case. a, b, c... instead of A, B, C to follow the algebraic notation on most boards, in most books, and websites out there. Capital letters are for pieces notation, not file notation. That's just a design preference though. All in all I would absolutely buy this again, but it could be even better with some small, subtle changes. Great travel chess board. (Also, the photo showing off the shape of the pieces with the bishop outlined is set up incorrectly. White King doesn't start on d1. I'm sure that was mistake on the photographers part, but I'd Photoshop that real quick so chess players aren't put off)