Chess Army

CHESS ARMY In chess, a sacrificed piece never returns. Chess Army takes that lesson to heart. It is a tactical turn-based roguelike. Your units are not chess pieces: they are soldiers, mages, cavalry, and spearmen. However, each one moves according to the patterns of a chess piece. But here, death is permanent: a fallen unit does not rise again. You have only one action per turn, and if your commander dies, the campaign ends with them. Four army corps, four ways to move Every unit belongs to one of four army corps, and its corps decides how it crosses the battlefield. Mages move on the diagonal, like the bishop: they strike from afar, but never in a straight line. Cavalry vaults over units in an L, like the knight. Spearmen and guards advance and strike in straight lines, like the rook, and lock down the lanes. Infantry, meanwhile, moves in all eight directions like the queen: the most versatile corps, the backbone your whole army rests on. An army born from your victories You start with almost nothing.…