Yellow Mountain Imports Magnetic Chinese Checkers Halma Travel Set, 9.8 Inches - Folding, Portable Board Game Set

Used for family game nights at the cabin.Tip: Store the marbles in a pouch or small box to keep them from rolling away.What I like• Solid wood board feels sturdy and well-made• Bright, colorful marbles are easy to see and handle• Great for all ages—fun and simple to learnWhat could be better• Marbles can slip out of place if the board is bumped• Slightly bulky for travel or small tablesBottom line: A beautiful, classic game built to last. Perfect for families who enjoy board games, but look at foldable versions if you need something more portable.

Nice Chinese checkers set

I chose this set primarily because I liked the appearance and it has a wider width than most wooden sets. It feels good quality and has a luxe-feeling felted bottom and smooth edges, including in the trough for the marbles. However, I immediately realized that the actual gameplay area is small -- 26 cm/10.25 in from star-tip to star-tip in spite of the board being 13.6 in wide. Clearly this is because of the gutter around the board to store the marbles, but it did not occur to me until seeing it in person. That said, the marbles are nice and appear to be scaled down so that they are adequately spaced apart and I had no problem grasping marbles right next to other marbles. The clincher for me was that it is really a major pain trying to get the thing back into the box for storage. It's a snug fit to slide the board in, and if it's inserted a bit off from level, the marbles shift and roll in their channel, creating an upwards bump and clogging the way to slide it in further. This was many times while trying to slide the board into the box. Without distorting the box I don't see how you could reasonably expect to slide this in and out for storage and there is zero room in the box to store the marbles alongside the board. I don't think it would work well to store it vertically along with your other games because then the marbles would fall out of the channel. So despite this being a nice quality and attractive set, it won't work for us and will be going back.

Great

Got this to play with the grandkids. Great size, and the marbles fit well in the holes. Nice sturdy board should last a long time.

This was much smaller than I thought it would be. When we play the game the marbles tend to easily roll off when accidentally touched.

Good gosh, who knew that a game as simple as Chinese checkers could look so good? The size of the board and the pieces is impressive: large enough to make this a set worth admiring, but not too large to be cumbersome. The craftsmanship is exceptional: the board and the marbles look and feel fantastic. This is a set that's as enjoyable to look at as it is to play. Perhaps my one and only issue is that, depending on the lighting, it can sometimes be a bit difficult to distinguish between certain colors, but perhaps this is simply an inherent issue with semi-translucent marbles in general. I'd still certainly prefer this to the cheap, opaque, roughly made plastic orbs that you get in cheaper sets.If you enjoy Chinese checkers and want a set worth owning, one that will give you plenty of enjoyment for a long time, it's this one.

Love the board, for a chinese checker enthusiast, this is a good choice.Ready to play right out of the box