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Warlord Chess Lite – Board Game Review
Warlord Chess Lite is a Board/Strategy game from Braindead Digital Inc., first launched in 19th December 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 13+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Warlord Chess Lite Stand Out
Warlord Chess is a stunning chess variant for 2 to 4 players. The pieces and their moves will be familiar to anyone that has played standard chess, which makes this an ideal game for players of all skill levels. Certain spaces on the board allow pieces to make special moves, some of which are simply mind-blowing. Special visual effects and sounds enhance play. You can play locally with friends or challenge yourself against 3 levels of artificial intelligence. You can play alone or in teams of 2 vs. 2.
If you like chess or chess variants, you can hardly afford to miss out on Warlord Chess.
But I don’t know 4 good chess players…
Don’t worry! Using the unique tabletop interface, you can select games with 2, 3, or 4 players in them. You can add computer/AI players as needed.
Most importantly, because of the nature of the game, people of mixed skill levels can enjoy playing together. You don’t need to be a chess star to have fun with Warlord Chess. In a 4-player free-for-all, the best player does not necessarily win!
That is a crazy looking board…
That’s true! It needed to be to fit 4 full armies. Plus, it allowed us to add special spaces that make for some incredible moves.
The Chaos Symbol: the symbol in the center of the board gives a special move to Pawns, Kings, and Knights. If one of those pieces begins its move from one of the spaces touched by the symbol – then they can begin their move from any one of those spaces. This helps the Pawn and King a bit…but it works wonders for the Knight. Don’t believe us? Just look at the screenshots below!
The Castle: each player begins with their army surrounding their castle. A castle is made up of three spaces known as The Throne, the Great Hall, and the Courtyard. These spaces enhance the way the Bishop, Rook, and Queen move. Beware the Queen in the Courtyard!
But I’m Just Learning/No Good at Chess/Easily Confused…
Then we have the perfect chess game for you. The interface was designed for everyone. Just touch a piece to see all the moves it can possibly make. Then tap the space you want it to move to. If you don’t like it you can Cancel that move and try another. When you are sure of your move, you can press a button to Confirm it.
If you need practice, play a local game against a single opponent and set the AI to Easy. Increase the difficulty and number of players as you get better. You can even play team games and learn from your partner. There are so many options!
What Have You Got For Us Experienced Players?
We’ve got a lot. If you are very familiar with chess, then Warlord Chess will provide you with a brand new challenge. It is nearly impossible to control a board this big, especially against 3 players who are out to get you. So good luck with that. You can set the AI to “Hard” in order to play against opponents that can see multiple moves ahead.
We’ve also provided you with tools for analyzing your Warlord Chess games. You can save and load up to five games. With our Rewind, Forward, Start, and End buttons you can move through those games step-by-step so you can figure out why you lost, brainstorm some killer new moves, or relive past glories.
What Else Have You Got?
We’ve got a board that hovers and rotates over a roaring field of flame. We’ve got special attacks for each of the four colors in the game. We’ve got Secret Passages and a cool scoring system. And we’ve got more on the way. Enjoy!
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Player Feedback
As a newer release, Warlord Chess Lite is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 3rd November 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
• New ad model. Play the full game in exchange for ads! Get access to all worlds, all game options, hard AI, and game save. Everything but online play which will be coming soon.
• iOS 10 Compatibility
• Performance enhancements
Download & Availability
Warlord Chess Lite is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Warlord Chess Lite on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
The game is fun and its free! The mechanics add some flair to chess but the explanation of how they work is poor. Things we would like to see in order to get 5 stars from us. -Better advertisement placement Ads are a given in free games but often times the ads cover up buttons we need access to. For example: sometimes we cant cancel a bad move at times because the advertisement banner covers the button. -An intuitive tutorial When we started our first game, it was a little jarring because of the way the grid is set up. It made sense after fiddling with it a bit but it is a little awkward having our pawns stay on a light square and being able to attack what feels like is an adjacent square but is, in reality, a diagonal. The special squares arent explained either. They are really neat concepts and work really well, but are still confusing without a tutorial of sorts. -Its functional but not pretty. This isnt as important as the first two things. But the color palette in the game is not super pleasant to look at. It feels incomplete. It gets the job done in differentiating the pieces but otherwise the colors are stark, bright, and lack the elegance we feel like chess players comes to expect when playing on a electronic device. As this app is super new though; its not the end of the world. But we think a better presentation could really help the experience. Overall, its worth a download.
The ads in the lower left corner make it impossible to cancel moves Both bishops are on one color tile Pawns can move two spaces twice Graphics could be better It's just not living up to its full potential.
This would be a super fun game if they made it playable. This game is buggy as all heck.
It is sad that crap, Freemium Apps pollute the Store like AOL cds do a landfill while legitimate, quality games don't get the time of day. This is a quality, original game that we hope others get the opportunity to appreciate.
It's of all, it's probably the laggiest game we've ever played, and you have to pay to play online! What kind of garbage app is this.
This game sounds like a good idea, but once you open the app and try it out you quickly realize the graphics are lame and old AND you have to pay for the version of the app where you can play live players. Not going to pay for this knock of version of the game when we can play great chess (the real thing) on chess.com. <great app by the way< sorry but this app gets a thumbs down maybe if it was free to play against others and if they updated the graphics but as is..no thanks.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.5.0
- Size: 95.13 MB
- iOS: 8.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Braindead Digital Inc.]()
Last updated: 3rd November 2016 | Genre: Board, Strategy | Developer: Braindead Digital Inc.