Square Off - Chess Set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3WWuHgIwQ0&t=117s

Anybody think this Regium e-board is real? It seems too good to be true.

Well considering all the functions it has, it probably will be competing with DGT instead of Square Off. The price gonna be at least a grand if not more

Become a beta app tester and find to learn the timing functions you have to play a chess game which is recorded is there a way of removing games from the history? Also would be nice if when you timed out on a move and you lost that you could carry game on under "I lost but finish game to the end"

Put chess set on charge for 8 hours and battery only up to 52% from 48% according to square off app. Also when plugged in to charger red light above squareoff logo through the chess squares. Must be a Led inside? Can be seen glowing with lights in room dimmed.

I can't see any lights on mine. 

I always found the battery percentage to be a bit weird. It didn't seem particularly responsive. Leave it on charge overnight 

I purchased a GKS on 12/13, charged it overnight upon receipt.  Synced it to my app, but unable to upgrade the firmware, after multiple tries.  Has anyone had luck with customer service or found a user manual online?

Square-off is terrible. Pieces move so slow and don't work half of the time. Can't wait for this one: https://youtu.be/G3WWuHgIwQ0?t=64

Do you own one? They ar enot terrible. A little slow, yes, but in my experience very reliable. No idea what you mean by "don't work half the time" 

There is in app chat for support, they are generally pretty good. 

What's happening when you are asked to update the firmware? 

I've only played one game on it. Someone brought it to the park in the summer where we play chess. Captured pieces don't clear the board most of the time. Pieces aren't centered and move extremely  slow. Great idea but poorly built. Now, if you watch the video I linked above, REGIUM seems promising.

The next generation Squares are faster.  Neo is 1.5x faster than first generation and Swap 3x.  Much improved movement path as well with no bumping into other pieces.  Oh, and cheaper too.  Of course until we have them in our hot little hands we won't really know for sure...

So, you've played one game, yet say it doesn't work half the time?

It sounds like that person had a problem with theirs. My pieces are always centered, always make it to their parking spaces on the side when captures. The only thing that happens sometimes is a piece gets knocked over as they are quite light. 

That video does look good, I bet it will cost a fortune if it ever becomes a reality 

That's true. I have noticed the movement pathing has improved since I've owned the board with firmware and app updates. The pieces now take a shorter route than before 

Yes. I only played one game but I watched people people play on it for hours. It just seemed so cheap to me. A novelty item.

I can only think the one you saw was defective or the owner had not taken care of it. Never had any problems like you describe at all with mine. 

Had mine since it was first released. I don't travel with it either but never had a problem with the board. It is a very well engineered, and so much fun to play on. Lol i had to quit going to my local chess club bc i would rather play on Square off than deal with the bad breathe, heavy breathers, piece slammers, clock abusers, and cry baby chess players that take all the enjoyment out of a beautiful game.

I like my board as well and really enjoy playing on it. I had a problem early on (back when the Grand Kingdom was being offered with limited  edition pieces) but they replaced that board. Customer service was outstanding.

More often it seems that it is people who don;t own them that complain about them!

I#m not saying they are without their foibles, but on the whole I've had a faultless time.

If you mean the Square off boars I think it's a year. their existing offerings are not new, they have been out a couple of years now. They have new models due out this year I believe.