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Schachkampf - Fantasy Chess

Solve more than 3.000.000 chess puzzles and fight an AI which is challenging for beginners and pros. Unlock different startign positions to give your chess game a new twist. All that in the style of famous 90s JRPGs.

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KeyboardKrieger
Publisher
KeyboardKrieger
Release
June 28, 2023
3 years and 36 days ago
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Positive19 reviews84.2%

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About the Game

- Over 3.000.000 chess puzzles -

One playthrough of a map contains 54 different chess puzzles which differ in difficulty from mate in 1 to mate in 4. But every time you start a new run, you get 54 new puzzles out of the big pool of 3.000.000 puzzles.

- Scalable AI -

Schachkampf uses stockfish AI and you can choose between 100 levels of difficulty. On level 1 even an absolute beginner can get a win, but on level 100 not even a pro player could beat the game.

- 12 different boards to play on -

You have 12 handcrafted boards to unlock and play on, all in the style of 90s JRPGs. The levels differ from cozy woods or small towns up to icy woods.

- Local multiplayer -

If you have friends in real life you can play against them locally. If you don’t, you can still play with remote connect against your virtual friends.

- 12 different starting variations -

If you want some extra challenge you can unlock up to 12 different starting variations for your chess game. Each of them will lead to different strategies and tactics.

- Play in classic chess view or in a sideways view -

You can choose in which direction the pieces can move. If you have chess experience you can play bottom up, like you are used to. When you are new to chess, you can play from left to right, like in other turn based tactics games.

- Classic chess overlay -

If you come from a chess background and you are not sure which of the soldiers is which chess piece, you can activate a chess overlay which helps you right away.
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