Luxury Walnut Chess Backgammon Set with Bronze Pieces

Luxury Walnut Chess Backgammon Set with Bronze Pieces

Closed, this is a chess board and nothing else — walnut, deeply carved right around the border, with an ornate bronze army standing on it and bronze coordinate markers along the edges. The carving is not shallow decoration either; you can feel the depth of it with a fingertip. It is the kind of chess backgammon set that people assume is only a chess set until you show them otherwise.

Then you unclip it and open it out, and the inside is a backgammon field with its own checkers and dice waiting. Two games, one object, 15.7" / 40 cm across, folding back down to half that and lifting by a built-in handle. If your family plays both — and in this part of the world most families do — this saves you owning two boards and losing the pieces to both.

What's Included

• Folding chess and backgammon board with a built-in carry handle
• 32 ornate bronze chess pieces
• 30 wooden checkers and a pair of dice
• Carrying bag

Specifications

• Open board: 15.7 x 15.7" / 40 x 40 cm
• Folded: 15.7 x 7.9" / 40 x 20 cm
• Weight: 5 kg / 11 lb
• Material: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces
• Built-in carry handle
• Entirely handmade

Why You'll Love It

• Two games in one board — chess on the outside, backgammon within
• Deep hand-carved scrollwork right around the walnut border
• A full ornate bronze chess army with real cast weight
• Folds and carries by its own handle, with everything stored inside

A Gift Worth Giving

Buy this for a household rather than a person. Somebody there prefers chess, somebody else prefers backgammon, and this ends the argument by putting both on the same table.