Thank you for watching Better Than Chess? - Paco Sako - How to Play and Review by Board Game Nation. What do you think? Is Paco Sako better than Chess? Video Addendums: Paco Sako Component Specs: Included board is 17.75" sq., each square is 2 1/8", the King is 3 1/8" tall, and the base is 1.5" in diameter (paired or alone). For comparison, the standard USCF tournament set has 2.25" squares and a king's height of 3.75" with a base of 1.75". So, Paco Sako's board is very slightly smaller than the tournament board and the King (and other pieces) are about 1/2" shorter. This is actually a good thing. Because you'll be moving pieces together and apart frequently, the extra space between the pieces will be very helpful. Any bigger and the board would feel very crowded.

This game looks really fun. Thanks for the review. Can't wait for more videos.

Gary I’m so glad you are back!!!!

Loved the video!

New upload! Hype!

Interesting take and the piece design is fun.

I love this game and this video! Board Game Nation for Life!

High quality vid! You're funny, dude! Great editing and content. Knew I could trust you when I saw Azul over your shoulder. I bought Paco Sako at a gift shop because I was high and got super curious 🤣 I'm not great at chess but I love board games, puzzles, and strategy. Can't wait to break this out at the next board game night!

I say let's play a game shall we?

Excellent twist on a classic game!

Very useful, thanks

Hi, great video. I was wondering. How did you go about with remembering which pawns got promoted to which pieces. I’m assuming that there weren’t any extra queens available. This is my only concern with the game as is. Edit: I just saw the part of your video that showed that in fact it came with an extra queen. Have you ever had a game where there were multiple promotions for one player?

You're back! We missed you!

How big are the squares on the included board? Just wondering if it’s feasible to use the pieces with a wooden board I already have.

My wife and i bought this on a lark. After one night of playing 4 games we determined that neither of us want to play classic chess again. We both envision it as a grand ballroom where the pieces dance with each other, some taking the lead while the king watches, waiting for his true queen to come into his arms. Weather she be a pawn or nobilty doesnt matter. This is a game of love and strategy like no other before. Please. Give this ruleset a chance.

Thanks for sharing, very well explained. What happens when a union moves into a union? for example a white pawn/black pawn union moves diagonally into a white bishop/black pawn union?

Glad you are back! So the goal of this game is to hug the enemies king? Interesting....

Garry can u send me link for axis allies 1939 version rules

This weekend (21 june - 25 june 2023) Fellix is at the Origins Game fair in Colombus Ohio. Just for those who want to meet him in real life

Apologize if it's been asked, but what happens if a union enters the space of another union?

I'm from the Netherlands, like Felix Albers, who invented this game (and yes, you pronouncedit correctly as 'Patso Shaako'). I'm not familiar with the version of the game you're showing, because down here the retailers sell copies in a small box of a shape, from which you'd expect to only find playing pieces inside, but also inside there is actually a folded board made of tyvek, a synthetic paper-like material. It has it's advantage comparing to the cardboard board you're having because of the slight colored additions on the squares, which gives a little more contrast between the squares and the pieces, but at the same time that's a disadvantage as it distracts players from deep strategic gameplay, just like it would in chess. With contrast in mind, I don't like any retail version of the board as I'd want to, because the squares and the pieces of the basic set fully match in color, and that is not a good thing, as chess players will know and understand. I would have preferred one of them, either the squares or the pieces in the basic set, to be beige and brown, while the others are still black (or gray) and white. There are a number of sets of pieces in other colors available for purchase on Paco Sako's own webstore, but as analytic as I am in this kind of game, I can't really take dominant colors like pink, green, red or yellow very seriously. I have discussed some rules I've had some issues with in the past with the designer himself in person, who admitted that the finer details of rules are still constantly in development. And as a thanks for sharing my thoughts with him he gave me a free wooden Paco Sako board, which is nice, allthough the edges of the pieces tend to scratch the surface a little too much for my taste, which makes me uncertain if playing with it is wise because of some serious possibility of damage to the board and/or pieces. I tend to speak to Mr. Albers more often to discuss some more rules issues I might have, as well as things like how to do notations of chains, how to play with a chess clock without it being unbalanced because of long chains, what specific rules there are for the 'touching is moving' aspect of the game (especially with unions and chains), and if there is some interest in a campaign to introduce this game on a big scale, like what happened to traditional chess (I want to see some championships being held, some masters and grandmasters of chess to be challenged at this game, and masters and grandmasters of this game to rise; seriously, this game has the potential to become a real sport). That rulesheet is not what my copy comes with. Instead, it is a paperback 'blocknote'-like rulebook with an index and only one diagram per page with a visual example of the explanation of a specific rule. It's quite thick for what the game represents, but this version has been cared for much more than the sheet you're showing. Unfortunately,this game is not very well known yet, but it's really very good. I think that the chains make this game even deeper and more difficult to master than normal chess, and that's why I think this could become a sport as well as it's a game. I would really like to see Magnus Carlsen to get a crack at this game; perhaps against Felix Albers himself. That would be really great to see.

Will you ever do a Axis and Allies 1940 series? Your 1942 series is how I learned the rules quickly and it’s helped me a lot as I recently got 1942 and the 1940 series is on my radar 😄

Can you plss make a comparasion between Axis and Allies 1942, 1941 and 1940 global.

Gary I am back any update on axis allies video

1:40 - Paco Sako is the same as regular chess except for these changes

Paco Sako looks like a great game! Chess scares me, but I think I might really enjoy this. Gary has outdone himself with this video. It’s as beautiful and engaging as he makes the game. Great job! Looks like a great game! I mean, who doesn’t love to dance! 😊

Gary when will New video on axis allies come

I really want to make a computer version of this game with a really over-the-top combo counter

Gary how many days to wait for ur new video

Garry any update on axis allies

Gary waiting for axis allies global 40 rules

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Just got this delivered in the mail. It's fine... but the pieces are certainly VERY cheap. Design is super nice! But to say these pieces are as good as any tournament set is, frankly, completely untrue.

So where's the AI to play against?!😂