How the board looks on Rovian is entirely your call: pick from 35 board themes and 8 piece sets, and your choice applies to every game you play.
Themes run from the classics (tournament green, walnut wood) to modern and experimental ones: icy blue, ruby, olive garden, deep fir, desert sand.
What goes into approving a theme?
Not every good-looking colour pair makes a good board. If contrast between light and dark squares is too low, following the pieces gets tiring; some pairs make white and black pieces hard to tell apart.
So themes go through contrast and piece-visibility checks before they're added. For colour-blind players there's a dedicated “colour-blind friendly board” option — details in our accessibility post.
Piece sets
Starting with classic Staunton, plus familiar sets like cburnett, Merida and Alpha, then modern and minimal options: Gioco, Fresca, Staunty, Maestro.
It looks like pure taste, but there's a practical side: in bullet, how fast you distinguish pieces affects results. Minimal sets read more clearly for some players.
How do you want to move?
Three options: drag, click the squares, or both. Clicking is safer on touchscreens; dragging is faster on a desktop.
A few more things are adjustable alongside it: animation speed, board coordinates, premoves, auto-queen on promotion, and move confirmation.
There's also an app theme that recolours the whole site, working independently of the board.
Where do you change it?
Theme and board options live in the Appearance and Board sections of Settings. Your choice previews instantly, and one click undoes it.
To tune how your camera looks, see camera filters and AR lenses.
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