Better Than Chess

A full chess variant built around three extra layers: dice, coins, and dungeons.

Roll a die each turn to see how many moves you get. Capture your opponent's pieces and they go to your dungeon — not gone for good. Every player starts with a shared pool of coins, and ransoming a captured piece back costs money, paid straight to your opponent. Capture the King and the game doesn't end — he just goes to the dungeon, and can be ransomed back on the next turn if his owner can afford it.

Play locally against a friend, against six AI difficulty levels (from Peasant to Chancellor), or online against a friend on another device with a shareable link. Fully playable on desktop, tablet, and phone.