The city of a thousand windows
Bucharest
Lantern-lit boulevards lead into a city of rival orders, hidden courtyards, and stone strongholds. Explore at your own pace and grow the army you need.
Your mind. Your next adventure.
Every move opens a world.
Chess is the sport of the mind: passion, imagination and courage in every move. Patience meets surprise, and every game tells a new story.
Its origins are generally traced to India around the sixth century. No single inventor is known with certainty: the game travelled through Persia and the Islamic world to Europe, evolving over the centuries.
Discover the history of chessStep into cities full of secrets, discover factions with personality and find your style. On this board, one bold idea can change everything.
Choose your horizon
Two cities. Which story is yours?
Explore the streets, discover strongholds and meet your rivals. Your next army could be just around the corner.
Where rooftops meet the sea
Barcelona
Follow warm streets down to a glowing harbour. Every district has its own character, rival guilds, and a new army to discover.
Let the wheel wander
One spin. A new challenge.
Let the wheel suggest a city and an army. Pick a difficulty, discover the story and see what sparks your curiosity.
Your next adventure
Bucharest
Boulevard Promenaders
Bucharest
Boulevard Promenaders
A lamplit procession of hosts, riders, and avenue keepers.
Meet this armyThe wheel has chosen
The board is waiting
Your army has attitude.
Dragons, knights, dancers and night courts. Chess pieces you recognise. Characters you want to meet.
An invitation to the Night Court.
Boulevard Promenaders face Dracula’s Night Court across an 8×8 table. Rose enamel and crimson cloaks give familiar chess pieces two very different personalities.
Rose armyBoulevard PromenadersDracula’s Night CourtversusBoulevard Promenaders
Night CourtDracula’s Night CourtQuick Battle
Play ordinary 8×8 chess against the game’s AI. Pick a city, an army, and a challenge.
Campaign encounters
Campaign battles can bring their own conditions. Visibility and other rules depend on the encounter.
A few faces from the field
A little mystery goes a long way
See everything? Think again.
Same board. Three perspectives. Switch modes and move the rook: discover what you know and what you still have to guess.
The rook begins on d3.
Full view
Every piece is in view. You can identify each position and type.
Fog
Your pieces reveal their own squares and the eight neighbouring squares, including diagonals. Enemies outside that sight disappear from view. A faded remembered sighting marks where a piece was seen before; it may have moved since.
Ghosts
Every enemy position is visible. Distant enemies use the same anonymous figure, so their piece types stay secret until one of your pieces comes near. Sighted enemies reveal their types automatically.
High Fog
Enemy sight centres on the destination of the opponent’s latest qualifying move and its eight neighbours. Your own pieces remain visible.
The rules available can vary by campaign encounter.
Illustrative example. Move the friendly rook to see how sight changes.
In this example
Full view identifies every piece.
Fog identifies enemies near your pieces; a faded mark shows an earlier sighting.
Ghosts shows every enemy position, while distant identities stay secret.
A company of characters
18 factions. Find your style.
Nine factions in Bucharest. Nine in Barcelona. Explore their stories and find your kind of crew.
Nine ways to belong to Bucharest.
From lamplit boulevards to hidden courtyards: meet the armies and discover the stories of Bucharest.
See the two armies face offCampaign army
Boulevard Promenaders
Gala hosts, parasol queens and lamplighters. Powder rose, sapphire and silver-gilt turn the boulevard into a celebration.
Campaign army
Iele
Reed lords and veiled dancers gather by the lake. Lilac armour, silver bells and firefly gold catch the moonlight.
Campaign army
Guildmasters
Artisans and apprentice guards keep the market lanes. Saffron enamel, brass scales and oxblood gems mark their craft.
Campaign army
Balauri of the Reed Delta
Three crowned heads rise above the reeds. Emerald scales, copper filigree and cyan gems guard the still water.
Campaign army
Porch Carvers
Stoneworkers carve birds and flowers into sheltered courtyards. Warm copper and sculpted detail give their army its character.
Campaign army
Dracula’s Night Court
The count’s riders emerge as the lamps go dark. Crimson cloaks, dark armour and cold silver belong to the night.
More stories from Bucharest
A golden bird, a new urban age, a company of dancers. Discover the stories behind these factions.
Court of the Enchanted Bird
A golden bird’s song restores sight and youth. A fairy-tale court imagined around luminous feathers and renewed hope.
Interwar Boulevard
Rounded towers and bold flyers greet a new age. A city army with a crisp, modern rhythm.
Călușari
Leaping dancers and ringing staffs drive away the summer’s ills. A company inspired by movement, fellowship and folklore.
The factions of Barcelona
Nine factions. Festivals, legends and craftsmanship become armies with distinct personalities.
Order of the Rose and Dragon
Roses, crimson armour and jade dragons. Lance-bearing knights guard a court in bloom.
Spin your next adventureGiants’ Court
Festival giants and big-headed squires. Violet and gold turn every move into a parade.
Tower-Builders
Strength grows through mutual support. Red sashes, golden crowns and living towers raise this army.
Hounds of Count Arnau
An armoured count leads a midnight hunt. Spectral horses and hounds follow an eerie green glow.
The Nine Ships
Ship prows, oars and bronze sea creatures. An army shaped by the courage of an ocean voyage.
Fire Beasts
Festival beasts and blazing masks. Black iron, copper and golden sparks set the rhythm of battle.
Windmill Knights
Lances, improbable helmets and towering mills. Dreaming knights find adventure on every square.
Spin your next adventureDuende
Dancers, fans and guitars. Black, red and gold bring passion and rhythm to the board.
Al-Andalus Geometry
Ceramic stars, arches and turquoise lanterns. Geometers and artisans form an army of precision.
Spin your next adventure