Chess Brawlers

Chess Brawlers is standard chess played by fantasy armies. You play ordinary chess, by the ordinary rules. The difference is what happens when a piece is taken: the camera drops in, the attacker closes the distance, and the capture plays out as a short duel.

• Every piece fights its own way. In the Adventurers, the queen throws a spell, the rook swings a two-handed axe and the knight runs in with a sword. One tap skips a duel, and Settings can make duels fast or instant. • Pick your army and your opponent's. The Adventurers and the Undead are yours from the start, and six more armies each bring their own fighters: the Horde, Fright Night, the Machines, Winter Workshop, the Wildwood and the Homesteaders. • Campaign ladder: five opponents, from the Squire, who gives pieces away, to the Lich King. Beat one to unlock the next, plus a reward: a new torch colour for the board or new colours for your army. No undo on the ladder, and three hints a game. • Free play against any of the five, as White, Black or a random side, with unlimited undo and hints. • Two players on one device. The board can turn to face whoever is to move, or stay put. • Clock options: none, 10 minutes, or 5 minutes plus 3 seconds a move. Duels and menus never run down your clock. • Six boards: a dungeon, a graveyard, a forest glade, a Mars base, a winter workshop and a plain wooden board. • Prefer plain pieces? Swap the armies for a classic Staunton set, or show the chess symbol over every piece. • A chosen move waits for a Confirm button that names it ("Confirm Nf3"), so a finger on the wrong square costs nothing. You can turn this off. • The game saves after every move. Close it at any time and pick the game up again with Continue.

Free to play in full: every mode, every opponent and every board, with the Adventurers and the Undead. Optional purchases add the other six armies, sold in pairs (the Horde and Fright Night, the Machines and Winter Workshop, the Wildwood and the Homesteaders), or every army at once, including armies added later.

Controls: touch only. Tap a piece and then a square, or drag the piece there. Plays in portrait or landscape, on iPhone and iPad.

The computer opponent is the game's own built-in chess engine, so everything runs on your device.

No ads and no account. The game plays fully offline.