Da Vinci 16″ Wood 3-in-1 Chess, Checkers, & Backgammon Set
- Wood 16″ Chess & Checkers Board, Reversible for Backgammon
- 32 Chessmen – 2.5″ high Kings
- Wooden game pieces for Checkers or Backgammon
- 5 Dice Included
- Folds in half for easy storage. Pieces store inside the case.
Product Description
Da Vinci 3 in 1 wood Chess, Checkers & Backgammon Game Set. The ultimate in home gaming set. Play Chess, Checkers & Backgammon with just 1 set with 16″ wooden board that folds in half to store the game pieces…. More >>
I’ve looked at virtually all chess/checkers sets sold on amazon.com for less then $50 before placing an order for this one. The price was actually on the higher end of the inexpensive range, so I hoped for a reasonable trade-off between having three games – chess, checkers, and backgammon – in a board that can hold all the pieces and can be carried and the build quality. In the end, I was disappointed by how cheap every part of the set looked and felt. I paid $35 for it and it feels like it was $20 more than it should have cost. There are too many problems to list, so I’ll just give examples: pieces are uneven – many checkers are oval or have irregular shape; chess pieces are rough; felt on the bottom is easily stripped off; lighter and darker backgammon points are very difficult to distinguish; the board is very crudely put together; one of the magnetic bars that hold the two parts of the board together when closed fell out right away and had to be glued back in; virtually none of the squares fit together evenly; wood is covered very unevenly and is very rough in places. All-in-all, look elsewhere for a product that you would enjoy having around without having guilty for throwing money to such a shoddy manufacturer and keeping them in business to perpetuate the misery they inflict on their customers.
Rating: 1 / 5
This set is reviewed as a toy, which I would hardly call a chess set, but that’s Amazon’s call, not mine.
After almost fifty years (gulp) my first Drueke chess set died of old age. I wanted to replace it with a nice stone set, but could not find one I liked at a decent price. This is a very attractive set, with the added bonus of a backgammon board on the reverse, the backgammon markers allow you to play checkers as well. I was amazed at what I received, nice veneered board, wood pieces, at a ridiculously low price! The set is probaly not durable enough for rambunctious kids, but then you shouldn’t be hitting your little brother over the head with it! I can’t think of a better learning medium to develop young minds than chess, and this set is a bargain for beginners and masters alike!
Rating: 5 / 5