Gamblers Chess

A great unique take on a Balatro like game that really switches up the gameplay from Balatro to add the joys of playing chess to it as well. Works way better then I was initially expecting! Would definitely recommend if you like chess but are looking for alittle bit of a switchup to the traditional game.

The game is fun but unfortunately seems highly unbalanced. I might be doing something significantly wrong, I don't know. But after having played the game for almost three hours I couldn't manage to get past the third floor. I figure a general principles of Roguelikes is that, with enough skill, it's possible to win nearly every round, or at least get quite far. Most of the time, I died in the first floor. Even after having devised what I thought would be the best strategy (try to stay close to the bottom, get to the bottom corners of enemies to kill them with a pawn move, and later buy as many pawn in-game and non-pawn permanent cards as possible), a lot of the deaths didn't feel like they were my fault but rather merely a result of bad luck because I was just out of options to move in much of any significant way. It also feels like the pricing in the shop is a little odd. Pieces you can place in the board that are permanently gone after they've been taken once cost just as much as permanent cards. Plus, you can only move this pieces if you get lucky with your cards and are not forced to push your Joker to the upper edge of the board because your only options are pawns for a fe…