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[Epic] The Ouroboros King, chess roguelike (for mobile) (store.epicgames.com)

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The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.

Build the Ultimate Army: Combine classic and new fairy chess pieces, relics that give them bonuses, and consumable items that grant you temporary advantages to create a formidable army.

Perfect Your Strategy: You can only move one piece per turn, so you must choose carefully. Make your troops work together to obliterate the enemy army.

Another Chance: If you're defeated you can go back to action on another timeline, where the path to victory will change: different map, different enemies, different rewards... in true roguelike spirit.

Lots of end-game options to dial up the difficulty to insane levels.

Same-device multiplayer, challenge your friends to chess games with lots of unique pieces.

Chess-based tactics, easy to learn and hard to master.

15-45 minute runs, good for a short break and also longer sessions.

No gatekeeping, all the content is unlocked from the start. Win or die based on your skills.

No need to learn any chess openings or study anything.

All in game text is available in English

*Game inspirations: Shotgun King: Chess, The Final Checkmate, Pawnbarian, Slay the Spire, Into the Breach, 5D chess with multiverse timetravel.

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[–] TheGPT@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

This was entertaining. A chess app had been the only game on my phone; this game is a fun spin on what I had been doing.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've been playing it. First run was awful and I had no chance against the overpowered queen at the end of the act. Might have quit the game but decided to try again.

Second run I figured out that training grounds are awesome for getting new units. Pretty important early on. Also, getting a Prince (stops the king from being targeted if the Prince is within 3 tiles of it) was great because that overpowered queen couldn't put my king in constant check. Also lowering the computer difficulty from 100% might have helped a bit.

I'm the type of person who likes progression in my games. So having nothing to unlock after a successful run is kinda sad.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like classic roguelike behaviour to me, starts off insanely difficult but the thing you unlock is the knowledge of how the game works and how to beat the hard parts

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Haha yeah. I realized that only after I started getting better at it.