*plopp*

Battle Chess, Combat Chess and now, War Chess. What's next? Conflict Chess? Skirmish Chess? Total War Chess?

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

I can't play chess, so I'll pass.

The only chess game I played (and still play) was Archon

There have been a few variations with aliens and the like. Who knows? Maybe the semi-coveted Star Wars Chess will arrive here someday...

No, VIking Chess! Enjoy :P.

"Challenge online foes worldwide and demonstrate your might!"
Game only listed as single player.

Which is it? ;)

There's LAN multiplayer too. Or rather TCP/IP multiplayer. To be fair, I haven't checked if it's actually working, but there's a menu for it.

The thing about all these fancy chess games is that it's a neat idea, but the animations get old after a couple hours when you'd seen them all several times already. And then you just end up skipping them anyway because they are slowing down the game and you might as well be playing normal chess.

Why does this look like someone took a mod for Warcraft III and then just plop?

I think any sex chess is more profit capable. Chess is great. But the added incentive seems more likely to sell. Plain old chess seems like a waste of time on PC. I would ratjer take out the physical electronic version, out of my closet and chill with that.

Pretty sure most casual chess players would prefer going to the local park for a game. Perhaps the electeonic version on a winter snow day.

I was just waiting for a fantasy-themed chess game like this, which is not from the very early 90s, like Battle Chess, so I can be sure that this one does actually does work without the usage of Dosbox. Therefore, I could not resist in wishlisting it right now, as 9,99 Euro seems to be pretty steep to me for a game of 22 years, so I'd like to wait for a discount right now, although I obviously appreciate the work that GOG has surely done on this one, to make sure it runs on modern engines, not to mention modern Windows versions.

By the way, speaking of Windows versions, does anyone already know if War Chess also works on Windows 7? My old gaming computer from December 2014 (please don't laugh) still has Windows 7, yet GOG writes on the game's page that it runs on Windows 10 and 11 only. Interesting, the same lack of information goes for Battle vs Chess, but this one is quite expensive, compared to War Chess, even when considering the discount it got right now. I wish GOG would be more clear about this matter. I mean, I expect a game from 2003, therefore War Chess, to run on Windows 7 too, if it can run on Windows 10 and 11, but I have learned to never be sure entirely, unfortunately, as I have already bought a few games on GOG years ago, way older than this one, that do not work on Windows 7.

By the way, my favorite Chess videogame that I have just loved to play was Lego Chess. I still own the Lego Chess King with the throne that was part of the box, the game is from 1998. It was actually the game that also teached me how to play Chess and learn all the expert tricks as well, thanks to the Chess King, the same that you can build, who leads you through a very large tutorial, in which you can even earn achievements, if you are doing exceptionally well. It may be a game for children, but even adults will be able to learn Chess with this one. I still had the original CD many years after, but there was no way to play the game on Windows 7, so I hope that one day GOG can get this one too. It also features two campaigns, one with a Western and one with a Pirate scenario, with Lego figures, obviously. When they take each other out, a funny video is being played, depending on which figure strikes which figure. Indeed, those were the days...

What's the playing strength, and is it dependent on your CPU? What about the options? There's no chess information on the game page whatsoever...