Travel Chess Backgammon Set with Arched Top

Travel Chess Backgammon Set with Arched Top

The shape gives it away before anything else does. Instead of a flat rectangle, the top of this board rises into an arch — the kind of curve you see over a church door — with a carved rope border running the edge and a handle cut into the side. Closed, it looks like something you would carry a musical instrument in. Open, the outer face is a full chess board inlaid in maple and walnut.

Then it opens again. Inside is a hand-carved backgammon layout with an ornament worked at each end and the points cut into the wood, plus 30 checkers and a pair of dice waiting in place. So it is a genuine chess backgammon set: two complete games, one 3 kg case, folded down to 15.7 x 7.9" / 40 x 20 cm. Whatever the household plays, the answer is already in the bag.

What's Included

• Folding chess and backgammon board with a built-in carry handle
• 32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood
• 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: 3 kg / 6.6 lb
• Material: solid beech wood with maple and walnut inlay
• Built-in carry handle
• Entirely handmade

Why You'll Love It

• An arched top with a carved rope border — no other board in the range is shaped this way
• Chess outside, a carved backgammon layout within
• Everything included: pieces, checkers, dice and bag
• 3 kg and folds to 15.7 x 7.9" / 40 x 20 cm with a handle in the edge

A Gift Worth Giving

Two games, one box, and light enough for a student's shelf or a holiday suitcase. This is the gift for the house where one person plays chess and everybody else plays backgammon.