vinyl boards vs mouse pad boards?

Well, on this forum we have found the thinner mousepad boards to be better.

For an idea of what to look for, look at the FlexPad boards that are at The Chess House site.

Good luck and let us know what you got and how it works out.

Well, there are high quality and low quality of everything so don't give up on vinyl based on one bad experience. But try a mousepad board. I own both types and the mousepad variety sees far more action.

check the content regarding roll-up boards here...

Chess Sets for Club & Tournament Play

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/chess-sets-for-club-tournament-play

for example the remarks concerning prevention of curling, wrinkling, etc of roll-up boards.

I've had good luck with the ACE wood grain mousepads. The couple I own have held up well despite lack of care.

@PeerOli -

Thank you. I corrected the link (removed the typo - 'for' - at the end of the URL)

Pac-Man.

Either player can control it. Moves one square in any direction. If it eats a pellet, it increases in strength by one. If it eats a cherry, it increases in strength by five. It can eat pieces as long as it has reached a certain strength, and loses half that strength (rounded up). It does not give check to the king, and can eat a king, resulting in a win for the player that moved it. You cannot move Pac-Man to capture your own pieces. In addition, if it moves to a square on the edge of the board, it teleports to the square on the opposite side of the board.

⬆ Red = Starting position of Pac-Man, Orange = Squares with Pellets, Blue = Squares with Cherries.

⬇ Examples of teleportation across the board.

Piece Costs:

Pawn - 8

Knight - 17

Bishop - 21

Rook - 30

Queen - 40

King - 55