Everyone on the beach will be wide-eyed when you unzip the giant “book” and flip the “pages” to reveal a three feet square checkerboard, or the same size Backgammon or Snakes and Ladders game. The playing surfaces are waterproof plastic, the better to survive trips to the shore. Additional games included are Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Mancala. A zippered mesh bag holds all the necessary playing pieces. Instructions are exceptionally well written. Everything about this game collection is large-scale, from the size of the dice to the Mancala board with eight pits on each player's side, rather than the traditional six.