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Once a Pawn a King is a roguelike, turn-based strategy game with party-building mechanics, where chess meets chaos. Venture into the ever-shifting castle of the evil White King on a quest to rescue the beloved Black King, who was recently taken by the tyrant.

The board is shattered. The rules are twisted. And the king is gone.

Once A Pawn A King is an asymmetric turn based roguelike where you gather a party of chess pieces, empower them with magical abilities, and fight through a fractured world built from the ruins of a timeless chess match.

Classic chess strategy collides with roguelike unpredictability. Every run challenges you to adapt, experiment, and outthink a game that no longer follows its own rules.

Assemble your forces from classic chess pieces including pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, and more. Each piece brings unique movement, abilities, and strategic possibilities.

Recruit allies, strengthen your army with powerful upgrades, and reshape your strategy as your party grows.

Every piece matters. Losing the wrong unit can change the entire course of a run.

You do not need to know chess openings or memorize theory.

Once a Pawn a King takes the core ideas of chess tactics and transforms them into a more accessible strategic experience where experimentation, positioning, and decision making matter more than memorization.

Learn by playing, adapt to unexpected situations, and discover new strategies with every run.

No two runs unfold the same way.

Randomized boards, randomized upgrades, and unpredictable encounters ensure that every attempt offers new challenges and opportunities.

Each run asks you to rethink your approach, refine your strategy, and push deeper into the fractured chess world.

Failure is part of the journey. Every defeat teaches you something that will help you on the next run.

In a decaying world sustained by an eternal chess match, the black and white armies battle endlessly. They fight, they die, and the cycle resets.

Command the Black Army as it searches for its lost king, uncover the truth behind the White King's growing madness, and confront a new rebellion rising from the board.

The cycle is breaking. The board is changing. And the truth behind the endless match is waiting to be discovered.