Chessire
A roguelike tactical auto battler where you build an army of chess pieces infused with stats and magical abilities. Craft your deck, manage your kingdom, master the combat system, and fight waves of enemies. Command your army manually or sit back and enjoy the fantasy auto battles!
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What if the game of chess was set in a fantasy world where pieces have health, damage, armor and all kinds of magical abilities?
You get Chessire - a roguelike turn-based tactics auto battler!
Chessire is a deckbuilder. Your deck is your army.
Each encounter you're weighing how many resources to deploy to the battle. Be careful, resources are limited! Winning a run requires careful consideration of how much to commit to each battle. Too much and you're over playing your hand, too few and you risk defeat!
Are you a tactical genius or are you a longterm strategist? Will you upgrade your army's abilities to open up tactics on the battlefield or will you upgrade your town's economy and win via sheer numbers?
Will you take to the battlefield yourself and manually direct orders to your troops or will you sit back and let your army fight automatically - the game lets you do both at the same time!
No matter what your play style is you will find options to express it in the wide roster of cards, abilities and upgrades that are available to choose from!
Each of the 4 Factions offers a singleplayer mode with a completely unique gameplay.
Ironclad - A classical roguelike deckbuilding experience. Your town is under siege from all sides, upgrade your base and army as you fight off waves of enemies - weighing the cost and benefit of each battle closely so as to not run out of resources.
Undead - Start off as a lonely Undead King and raise the Undead to achieve a critical mass that cannot be stopped!
Sylvan - Fight a guerrilla war on multiple fronts with your limited army. Stretch your forces as thinly as possibly to protect the sanctity of your forest.
Demon - All the other factions have rallied against you, your defeat is imminent. Call upon your demonic legions one last time to summon the Scorch that will bring an end to all life in this world.
