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

I do not play chess, but gifted it to someone that does. Upon opening it, I was very impressed by the quality of the board, the ease of rolling it up, and the strength of the magnetic pieces. The size of the board seems perfect - small enough for travel, big enough to see what your next move is.Very cool way of being able to take your game anywhere and continue play even after packing it up.

The media could not be loaded. VENTUREBOARD Magnetic Chess Set:This is a great travel set for flying or road-tripping. It is extremely compact; about as small is it can get without being unplayable. It can easily fit into a small backpack or purse. The magnets are very strong, so you can roll up the board mid-game, throw it into a bag, and finish the game later. I like how it came with two extra queens, and two extra blank pieces, along with stickers of every piece in case you lose some. The board feels very well put together and built to last. The included carrying bag is decent.All that being said, I don't recommend this unless you need a very small set. It is just a lot more difficult to play than the larger, 15" folding travel sets due to the small piece size. But if you want the most compact and functional travel set, you will not be disappointed.

This travel chess set is fantastic. It is lightweight and easy to carry, durable and low-maintenance, and enjoyable and simple to use. Many travel chess sets are great in theory, but finicky and frustrating to actually play. Not this one. We have found it to be a great alternative to a full-sized chessboard. We especially like the way the pieces are easy to move and to identify, the way the pieces stay in place even when the board is packed away and transported, and the amount of space provided on the edges of the board to store captured pieces comfortably during a game. All in all, a very clever product.

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.

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)