Rules lite but lacking the meat to be able to run more than a one-shot. Not the system to use for a full campaign of weird or dark fantasy.
The checker set looks good on a bookshelf. The only thing this is lacking is a latch to lock it shut.
The chess board squares are sopose to be light and dark alternating squares. However, jaques's chinese oem supplier of this design steals the design and starts to put out 11, 15, 18 book styled folding chess sets.