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Last Gambit is a chess game where you assemble your own army of pieces and choose how to deploy them. Across battles, you discover pieces, combine and evolve them, and use perks that change the rules. You can play a branching story, compete online, play against the computer or share a screen with another player.

Build your army

The game has 27 pieces, from the six classic chess pieces to unusual additions such as the Unicorn, Griffon, Void Queen, Phoenix, Catapults, Trebuchets, Summoner and Mirror. The Void Queen leaves the board through one edge and returns through the other; the Phoenix comes back from its ashes; and Catapults and Trebuchets hurl your own pieces. You begin with a handful of pieces and discover the rest by defeating Story bosses, completing battles under special conditions, earning trophies and experimenting in the Laboratory.

You can fuse two pieces into a stronger one, clone a piece you need and evolve pawns during a fight. Deployment is free, so you choose your formation. Pieces you discover are available in online play as well.

Story runs

A branching map takes you through chapters of battles, merchants and bosses. You collect perks that can rewind a move, freeze or teleport a piece, or revive one that has fallen. Your army and the challenges you face differ from run to run.

Other players on the same seed appear on the map. You can trade pieces and perks with them in the Barter or challenge them using your run’s roster; if they are not there, you can face their ghost.

Online matches

Last Gambit has two online match formats. In Fixed, both players draw from the same pool of pieces, ban one each, then build and deploy armies from the offers. In Budget, each player spends a reserve of points on pieces from the same catalogue, choosing between a few powerful units or a larger army.

Matchmaking pairs you with players seeking the same kind of match, taking rating, time and perks into account. When perks are enabled, each player draws one from a shared deck before the match. Online play also includes two-versus-two matches.

Other ways to play

You can play alone against the computer, which uses perks too, including offline, or play with two players on the same screen.

Goals and progress

You can complete collections of perks and fusion recipes, earn more than 40 trophies, and work toward new weekly goals. Some trophies unlock new pieces. Career tracks your stats and ranks.