The Board is Yours

TL;DR It's a really fun and snappy incremental game! I recommend trying the demo first because there's a very convenient and useful reward for beating it. A video game adaptation of the classic logic puzzle / warning about the dangers of math? More likely than you'd think! This game has a lot of fun ideas, and while I'm not perfect at it I'm picking things up as I go. It provides a pretty unique spin on incremental setups by making expansion... Not exactly discouraged, but much more tactical? Just blindly buying upgrades because they're available might actually hurt you immensely, which fits with the game's chess conceit by making you think ahead. Good for anybody who is up for a very click-and-think oriented kind of progression game.

Nice Strategic idle game

Science has gone too far. They made an idle game you can speedrun. and I don't mean like manually clicking a billion cookies or spending a thousand real dollars on adventure capitalist, I mean there are breakpoints for prestiging and optimal board layouts at each point and discoveries to be made.

The most enjoyable incremental game I have played recently. Its complexity is a batch of fresh air in an otherwise far too simplistic genre. There is a free demo, and if you are doubting whether you would like it or not, playing it would help you far more than reading reviews, in my opinion. The full game is the logical extension of the demo. The inclusion of an optimizer in the early game is perhaps my favorite part of the game, even if it has to be disabled later on due to how long it would take to calculate. It tricks your brain into looking for the optimal setup when it's still somewhat manageable, and as it isn't that easy even with a dozen tiles and half as many pieces, it trains you into spending the entire game looking for better solutions. In this regard it is a very active idler, without falling into the trap of mindlessly clicking buttons for higher output. No, it demands that you both think about what upgrades you have and plan which tiles to buy, but also a bit of luck. You will be moving pieces extraneous to your strategy to see if moving them around gives you a better number. And they do! They truly do! Sometimes a seemingly unimportant pawn will double your output when moving it to an innocent-looking tile. I love that! Though, truth be told, it might be because I'm horrible at bringing all these things together. It's completely deterministic, meaning you could theoretically find the most optimal position for everything without taking so many shots in the dark, but that becomes more difficult with every tile and piece you purchase, so good luck with that. There are, however, a few QoL issues I could mention. You can save the position of the whole board (with up to three simultaneous saved boards) to experiment but come back to what you saved if it doesn't go well. These saved boards, however, are erased on prestige and when restarting the game, which is a little annoying, but understandable. One might buy different tiles on prestige, after all. What is a bit more annoying is placing the pieces on the board after a prestige. You have to manually drag and drop every single piece from the side of the board, where you buy them, onto the tile you want to place it. I think this could be remedied by allowing faster placing with key binds, where each type of piece is a number (pawn is 1, knight is 2, bishop is 3, etc), and when pressing it the game automatically places them on whichever tile the cursor is on. Bonus points if this automatically buys pieces when affordable. Just my thoughts, this is a very easy system to implement. It is a very minor issue on a good game. Overall, my heartfelt congratulations to the developer(s) for making this wonderful game. It is both intuitive and nigh impossible to optimize, and it pains me to see it have such a small release, as it is a beautiful hidden gem.

Great mix of chess and idle game mechanics. Never overstays its welcome, never actually leans on grinding, and each upgrade clearly builds on prior ideas. Pretty easy to finish within ~6-7 hours, which is a good sweet spot for the genre. (I started with the demo and used the special code so my playtime is short.) I wouldn't hate seeing a sequel provide mutually exclusive upgrades or mechanics where the player chooses how each piece functions each restart. Maybe using opposition pieces to create unique puzzle setups as well. All in all, great indie title, well worth the extremely reasonable price.

Really great idle game with optimisation mechanics that are very satisfying and always leaves you thinking "I think I can do better - maybe if I just move this piece here and that piece there and..." and suddenly it's hours later. For the price it's absolutely unbeatable. If you've read this far, I'd say just grab it and try it - you'll love it.

Hikayesi olmayan. Boş vakti biraz kafa yorarak değerlendirebileceğiniz başka bir oyun. Idle türü oyunlar hoşunuza gidiyorsa en az 2-3 saat süre oynarsınız. daha uzun süreli oynanacak bir oyun değil. Oyun; Satranç Taş ve Bloklarını açarak sizden puan kazanmanızı istiyor. Kazandığınız puanla Prestij puanı kazanıp, bunlarla taşlara veya tahtaya ekstra özellik ekleyebiliyorsunuz. Buna ek olarak da taşlardan gelen puanları katlamak için de ekstra bir özellik mevcut. Idle oyunlarda sürekli kendini tekrar ettiği için de bunda da sürekli kendini tekrar ediyor. Bu yüzden oyunu oynama süresi çok uzun olmuyor. Fakat fiyat açısından uygun olduğu için 1-2 saatinizi değerlendirebilirsiniz.

Jeux super sympa, je l'ai fait quasiment d'une traite et je recommande. Si je peux me permettre une petite amélioration, il serait super d'avoir un lexique pour les 3 ou 4 termes clés du jeu. Une définition aiderait mais des petits exemples aussi :) Enfin, c'est surtout parce que j'ai une mémoire en carton ^^

感谢啃脸酱的赠礼！我喜欢你( ◜◡¯)(¯◡◝ ) 一次很好的对于战略思考和增量结合的尝试，一定程度的思考可以大大加快增量的速率，平衡做得不错，我喜欢这个部分。但是缺陷也在于此，增量的计算方式很不明晰，规则还不能回看，对不太懂国际象棋的玩家规则更是如同天书一般（当然这个就不能说是游戏的错），反正我个人感觉游玩下来大部分在盲目试错，而且后期规则叠加太复杂了，可能即使规则全看懂了还是需要大量的试错来确定最优解。虽然试错也能达成一个比较好的结果，而且这样也挺好玩，但我感觉还是和战略思考这个初衷有点背道而驰。 另外就是一些细枝末节的东西了。①中后期直接把最大效率演算器禁用了，我感觉这是一个让我特别难受的地方，虽然可以理解，但我觉得从游戏设计的角度来说，先给一个玩家很便利的功能，再去剥夺它，那倒不如从一开始就不要给。②选用了一个很经典的棋盘米粒故事，不过对这个故事与增量游戏结合的全新演绎我蛮喜欢。（但是为什么这副国际象棋里没有国王？难道这里有个苏联笑话，国王在下棋？）③音乐和美术都小而美，很精致可爱。没什么要挑刺的。

Un idle game qui sort du lot, le coté optimisation est vraiment sympa, on bouge les piece au fur et a mesure des upgrade et des nouvelle cases débloqué dans l'espoir d'avoir un meilleur income ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas, des fois il se passe aussi l'inverse :o L'idée du calculateur qui casse est fun. Un système de prestige bien pensé qui permet de bien augmenter les revenus entre chaque run Je conseil vivement et puis vous en avez pour votre argent 2€ pour un jeu comme ca , ca vaut vraiment le coup. Amusez vous bien