Chess Meets Necromancy

Chess roguelike, raise an army

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Chess you already know. An army you have to raise. Chess Meets Necromancy is a turn-based roguelike played on a real chessboard with real chess movement. Your hero is one piece. Everything you capture is a corpse you can raise. THE RUN Twenty waves across four acts. Enemies move like the pieces they are - grunts step like pawns, lancers leap like knights, imp matrons slide like queens. Clear the board, take a relic, spend your gold, march on. Die and the run is over. RAISE AN ARMY Spend souls next to your hero to raise Skeletons, Bone Knights, Wraiths, Bone Golems and Seraphs. Every summon moves as a chess piece. Give them a stance - Hunt, Hold or Guard - and they act after you, every turn. Army slots are limited, so choose what you bring. RELICS AND TRAITS Nineteen relics, each with levels that stack across a run. Seventeen lasting traits bought in the town between waves: extra turns before a wave lands, fewer enemies per wave, a free summon every wave, bank interest, a doubled army cap. No two runs build the same. BOSSES Ten bosses with real HP bars, from the Ogre Warchief to the Lich King, the Stone Titan and the Brood Queen. Act IV stops sending one king and starts sending a court - the final board holds three at once. THE TOWN Between waves, spend gold. Buy traits, promote your King into a Warlord, hire a new champion, or put gold in the bank and let it earn interest. FOUR HEROES Necromancer, Death Knight, Priestess, Ranger. Each moves differently, starts differently, and each has a relic only they can find. TAP ANYTHING Tap any piece to see its name, movement, attack and health. Gold squares preview where it steps, red squares preview what it can take. Learn the board before you commit. - Plays entirely offline, no required account - No ads, no timers, no energy system - Optional Game Center leaderboards and achievements - No in-app purchases; everything is earned in-run - Game controller support - iPhone and iPad - Pixel art and haptics If you can play chess, you can start. Whether you finish is another question.

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Veteran Blood, Frenzied Ghoul, and a fresh look. - Veteran Blood relic: summons gain max health for every wave they survive. - Frenzied Ghoul summon: 15 health, but it may lash out at a neighbor (FRIENDLY FIRE). - "Let fate choose" at the crossroads picks a random path for you. - Nemesis rivalry ranks now reset each run; your records and achievements stay. - New listing title and screenshots.

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    Seller
    Aleksandr Myasoedov
    Size
    5.5 MB
    Category
    Strategy
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 3 more
    • English, Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian
    Age Rating
    13+
    • 13+
    • Frequent
      Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
      Guns or Other Weapons

      Infrequent
      Horror/Fear Themes
    Copyright
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