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

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!

This must be one of the most innovative ideas in board game history. This allows me to bring my game anywhere I go. On top of that, because the chess set is magnetic, it allows me to put a game on pause and go back to it later. It's also small which makes it perfect for travel. Phenomenal.If the makers don't mind... could you make a similar product for Chinese chess :) Thanks.

Set is very well made and functional. Party-piece is of course that it folds (or rather rolls) into a neat tube-looking container you can carry anywhere you want, and not worry that it will pop open and you lose pieces because everything is held together with strong magnets including the latch.

I want to specifically address the one commenter that left a 1 star review, stating that the pieces required stickering and that no extra queen or pieces were added. This person admits they didn't even open their pieces, and must have not glanced very hard at the clear holder either, just assuming that the pieces had no faces since stickers were included. The faces all face inward due to the admittedly gimmicky packaging, but one could easily open it without disturbing the pieces or breaking any seal. Had this reviewer done so, they would have seen the game comes with an extra queen for each color, and an extra blank piece which you can apply a sticker to if you lose any of the other pieces...excellent forward thinking for a chess maker, especially a travel set at that where pieces could potentially go missing. It annoyed me so much that this reviewer left a 1 star I had to counter it with my own. The pieces are solid, the mechanism for closure works well and looks quite edgy/mechanical, and the pieces stay in place. All magnets seem very secure (even if they became lose or slip out due to heat, which can happen if stored in cars or backpacks in summertime, you can easily just glue them back in or get replacements). Have played on these boards and have no complaints other than it's hard getting used to seeing the up-side-down faces of the opponent when I am so used to seeing them all facing towards me online.My one other complaint is the orange board doesn't seem as vibrant for mine as others I've seen posted in reviews...rather drab. I bought the blue set from Ventureboard's site and this one looks much better. Will most likely get the standard black and white edition soon too. I'll be stuck if they come out with other colors because I'll just want them all (especially if they do green or something crazy like purple next) so I can have sets stashed everywhere. Totally happy with my purchase.The extra blank piece also acts as a turn marker if you stack it on top of another piece to determine whose turn it was the last time you opened the board.

Probably the best travel set with a significant flaw. The board scratches extremely easily. After one game there are abrasions. Either add felt to the pieces (though this would weaken the magnetic attraction) or change the material of the board. I hope this board is improved with a 2.0 version because then I will buy it again.

Perfect for camping me and my son have used it multiple times already.

This cool mini magnetic travel chess set has a “wow-factor” that my students can appreciate. I lead the chess club at the private school that I work at. The boards we have a various and vast, but this small board keeps getting requested at every one of our meetings. I believe it is popular because of the pros: it can roll up into the shape of a soda can, it rolls up like an armadillo to be all sturdy and solid, it can save the game pieces in place, it comes with 2 extra Queens and 2 blanks (and the stickers for them), and the set just plain looks cool. I found the cons to be: the pictures on the pieces are designed to be visible to the using player, making all the opponents piece pictures viewed upside down (and therefore making it less beginner-friendly), the pieces are somewhat hard to grab for people with thicker fingers and they sometimes stick together when lifted, the pieces are not able to slide across the files because of the gaps between the segments, the pieces shift around significantly while the board is in the rolled-up travel mode if it is moved around fast, shaken, or dropped, and lastly, replacement pieces are not cheap. Okay, maybe the last con was a bit of a stretch, but they should be less expensive for what they are. In conclusion, this board may still be a travel chess set and is not at all the ideal or perfect chess board, it may be steep in cost for what it is, it may not be the easiest to use or even work the way it should. But, wow, is this board cool. Most fans of Chess will agree that this set is the best travel board for any chess enthusiast to have.