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Non-Euclidean Chess

Non-Euclidean Chess provides a chess engine with boards and piece movement that push, bend, and sometimes defy reality. Play locally or online vs. other players or AI.

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Developer
Cole Ferguson, Will Bowers
Publisher
Manifold Interactive
Release
October 22, 2021
4 years and 285 days ago
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Mixed12 reviews58.3%

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About the Game

Take your chess game beyond the limits of a physical board! Non-Euclidean Chess is a chess engine which supports custom board types - many of which defy traditional movement rules, or even physical limitations.

Non-Euclidean Chess is also the only chess game where you can play with any number of players. Do you and 100 of your best friends want to play? We can't promise it will be quick, but you can do it!

Choose from the following gamemodes:
  • N-Player Chess
  • Hyperbolic (Poincare Disk) Chess
  • Cubic Chess
  • Toroidal Chess
  • Battle Royale Chess
  • Chesseract
  • Growth Chess
  • Slider Chess

Plus many more modes and minor variations!
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