Chess & Balance

Where Grandmasters Meet Magicians

Chess & Balance fuses tactical chess with spell card magic. Cast spells. Move pieces. Chaos on the board. AI solved chess. It can't solve this.

Ancient chess | Modern magic | Infinite strategies

Gameplay - is a 2-player card game that fuses standard chess with elemental spell decks. Each player picks one of five elements and uses 9 unique spell cards to summon pieces, protect their King, disrupt their opponent, and reshape the game. (Advance variants uses plasma for sideboard)

HOW A TURN WORKS

Each turn has two phases:

• Spell Phase (Optional) Play a card, cycle a card, or spend Spirits to summon new pieces onto the board.

• Chess Phase (Mandatory) Make one standard chess move.

Spirit is the resource that powers your deck. Every time your opponent plays a card, you gain Spirit equal to its cost. Higher-cost cards summon stronger pieces or trigger devastating effects.

THE FIVE ELEMENTS

• Fire - Aggressive removal and board disruption
• Water - Control, manipulation, card advantage
• Nature - Pawn swarming, promotion, King protection
• Wind - Positional chaos, movement manipulation
• Plasma - Global persistent effects that reshape rules for BOTH players

OBJECTIVE Capture ALL of your opponent's Kings.

WHAT'S IN THE BOX

• 36 Spell Cards (9 Fire, 9 Water, 9 Nature, 9 Wind)
• 4 Sideboard Cards (4 Plasma x 2 players)
• 1 standard chess set and extra chess board for the extra pieces (not included)
• Tokens or coins for tracking Persistent Effects turns

GAME DETAILS

• Players: 2
• Age: 8+
• Play Time: 30-120 minutes
• Edition: Beta Edition

LEARN MORE

• Chess & Balance — Chess Card Game | Beta Edition
• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/468293/chess-and-balance

BETA EDITION | JericoDP Design | AI Polish