Chess Gambit: chess roguelike

A tactical game set in the atmosphere of an odd fair, where every run begins with reels, a random squad, and a choice of a starting gambit. Chess pieces enter dangerous tables with rules: deploy your army, use the reserve, calculate moves, and capture enemy pieces before the board begins to collapse. Victories bring coins, and between battles the shop offers new pieces, gambits, special tiles, and services. Sometimes shopping is replaced by fairground mini-games: the piece wheel, gachapon, or pachinko with unpredictable prizes. The board changes tactics by itself: gold tiles pay out, ice makes pieces slide, portals twist positions, traps stop enemies, while cracked cells and fuses can destroy part of the table. A full run has five tables and ends with a final boss. Each boss breaks usual rules by burning cells, moving first, copying losses, collecting souls, or turning your mistakes into its strength. Build gambit combos and lead youself to victory.