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Why Rook & Tile exists
Rook & Tile sells chess, mahjong, backgammon, dominoes, cards and the things that sit around them, for people who host game nights at home. Here is why the store exists.
Too many sets, too little said
Search for a chess set or a mahjong set and you get hundreds of near identical listings. Some leave out the square size, the tile count or what is actually in the case. We started Rook & Tile to do the sorting for you: fewer sets, each one described plainly enough that you know what will arrive.
How we choose a set
We look for sets that look right left out on a table: boards in proportion, tiles you can read, cases that close. Then we write the listing around the facts that matter for each game. The style a mahjong set suits. The size of a chess square. What comes in the case, and what does not. If we do not know a fact, we do not print it.
Standing behind every order
Our sets ship from fulfillment partners abroad, and orders arrive in 4 to 6 days. Orders over $79 ship free across the US. If something is not right, unused items come back within 30 days, and every question is answered by email by the people who chose the set.
What we hold to
Sets worth leaving out: we pick sets that look good on the table between games. Facts before photos: sizes, tile counts and contents stated plainly where we have them. Answers by email: ask before you buy or after, and a person replies. Returns that are simple: unused items can come back within 30 days.