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Chess Nuke

RECRUIT, MERGE, and NUKE your board. Build game-breaking pieces and annihilate the enemy in this CHESS Roguelike.

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Duwit
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Duwit
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About the Game

The board is a battlefield. The rules are yours to break.

Chess Nuke is a high-synergy tactical roguelike where you don’t aim for a checkmate, you aim for total destruction. 

You aren’t here to play a fair match. You're here to build a "CRAZY" engine of war, out-maneuver the enemy, and eventually annihilate the entire board.

 

Skip the 400 years of opening theory. No memorization, no tedious bookkeeping. Just raw, high-stakes decision-making.

  • Controlled Chaos: Roll for your Action Points (AP) at the start of every turn. The dice set the stage; your brain executes the heist.

  • The Fusion Reactor: You don’t lose pieces; you evolve them. Merge units to unlock "broken" abilities and craft the high-tier components for your ultimate weapon.

  • The Expendable Army: Recruit everything from AK-47 Pawns to experimental war-machines. Spend your gold to build a frontline that doesn't just block. it conquers.

  • Board Game Anarchy: Unlock forbidden, high-tier units that shatter the enemy's logic. Deploy the Bomber Checker to leap and detonate, or the Hacker Reversi to flip enemy loyalties in a single move.

The Traitorous Tyrants don't play by the rules, so why should you? Slay pieces, hoard cash, and hunt for the perfect synergy. In this game, the ultimate victory isn't a handshake.

It's a mushroom cloud.

Checkmate is a suggestion. The Nuke is the final answer.


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