The Queen's Gambit The Board Game | Strategy Game Based on The Hit Netflix Series | Fun Game for Adults and Teens | Ages 12 and Up | 2-4 Players | Average Playtime 15 Minutes | Made by Mixlore

This is a good enjoyable game for anyone familiar with chess. Those who know chess well may have a sight advantage, but there is enough random elements to equalize the experience. The game allows for 2, 3, or 4 players. The only knowledge required to play is related to the movement of pieces in chess. There is a summary in the instructions for those who don’t play a lot of chess and need a reminder. This would be a good game to teach new players. The game plays quickly and has very simple instructions. I recommend the game for family fun or even adults. Does not take too much concentration to play so would be great for a social evening.

Literally 1984

First things first, this game is not chess. Unfortunately it finds itself in an awkward position being that looks like chess and it looks like someone trying to make a money grab for the fame of the TV show. That being said, this is actually a good game if you completely throw away all preconceptions. In this game there are chess positions set up an players will have a queen, or gambit they call it, that you move around the board capturing pieces. Up to four players can play. You do this by playing cards from your hand. You play three cards in advance and after revealing a card and moving you replace it with a new card at the end of the queue. Each card allows your gambit to be moved on the board as if it were a real chess piece based on the picture on the card. For example your gambit can be moved like a rook and then the next turn like a knight and then the next turn like a bishop. When you capture pieces on the board they are worth different amounts of points. Again you have to throw away chess preconceptions because the values of the pieces are different than you would calculate on a real chess board. For example they get three points to the pawns but in chess he would only assign them a value of one. The clever component of this game is that you have to plan with flexibility and as the pieces get fewer you have a real competition with your opponent. It is also cool that you can have four players. I think the game succeeded at being a good game but I think it fails somewhat in that people are going to look at this game and think about chess instead of giving it credit for being its own thing. Also I think there was an opportunity for them to set up many more classic famous game positions on the board from the deep famed history of tournaments chess. Instead they only supply a few positions. I think the game is certainly very open to players coming up with their own set ups. I also wish that the gambits had been weighted to give them a little more high-quality feel. Overall I feel like paying $30 for this is a little bit high but replay is very high.

Why in the everlovin' crap does this exist and yet there is no flipping Blu-Ray or even DVD? (I am sorely tempted to buy the bootleg DVD. Netflix is screwing over so many folks who still buy physical media and haven't given into the illusion of the cloud yet. So many great films and series (and a lot of crap no one cares about) stranded on the streaming site, just to make a few extra dollars on inferior streaming.

This game teaches you to think three moves ahead! I thought ahead to what my next move would be after buying it, and realized that I would:1. Get made fun of2. Not play the game3. Return itSo I didn't buy it. Thanks, Netflix!