Pawn of the Dead
Aslan Game Studio · 2021 · Chess, Zombies, Gothic, Fantasy, Strategy
PC
Positive93% · 43
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About Pawn of the Dead
Pawn of the Dead is a chess variant which differs from the classical chess with its unique mechanic: White pieces get infected into Black (undead) pieces when captured! But do not worry, there's always a solution to win in these asymmetrical levels.
Game modes
- Campaign Mode with 64 levels, a fantasy story supported with cinematics.
- Random Level Generation Mode with hundreds of procedurally pre-generated levels. You can also play as Black (the infecting side) against AI, or against a friend on the same computer (local multiplayer)
- Classical Chess Mode with regular chess rules and piece placements
- Queen vs Zombies: Fight against an endless army of zombie pawns as White Queen. Every 7 zombies you slay grants you a destructive power of magic.
Campaign Story
As Leonard the White King, it's your duty to protect White Kingdom against the army of undead. Always nearby you is kingdom's most powerful warrior and your beloved wife, Elona the White Queen. A sinister reflection you ignored all along is awaiting for you, who seeks a resolution beyond revenge.What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
If you're a chess fan, don't miss Pawn of the Dead. New rules totally reinvigorate the game (but the original's still there if you want it). Campaign is a series of 64 challenges but as if that wasn't enough there's also an arcade-style "queen vs zombies" mode. You probably have to be a chess fan to enjoy this, but if you are, this is mindblowing. Features a campaign with 64 challenges, a "queen vs zombies" mode, 2p mode and both classic and zombie rules. For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/5 found this helpful
i was expecting chess rules, but no. wasted potential.2 found this helpful
[h1]So mediocre that it hurts...[/h1] ... it hurts, because as a Chess game PotD has potential... It's all there: nice graphics and animations, good AI, and the premise forming the base (i.e. black pieces aka zombies converting white pieces into zombies as well instead of capturing them) is awesome and intriguing. But it's all a [u]steaming mess[/u] that's just [u]overall painfully mediocre[/u]: [list] [*]I [u]personally like the graphics[/u], but I have to admit that they're undeniably outdated. Also, the design choices are [u]pleasantly non-grandiose[/u], but defintely weird... The black pieces are your standard undead and necromancers, but... the white king looks like a poor guy pretending to be king; the white queen wears what I can't call neither elegant nor a simple nightgown; the knights and bishops are just humanoids with horse and elephant heads respectively that look incredibly out of place; and whoever designed the rooks needs to perform a drug test asap, because it seems he's as high as Lewis Carroll was. [*]The [u]fluid animations[/u] are technically fine, but also very underwhelming and nothing else, and they look like the motion capture was done by a middle school th…2 found this helpful
The game is a lot of fun1 found this helpful
Nice little chess game1 found this helpful
Nice change on chess games, waiting for new scenarios
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