# Chess Meets Necromancy — Chess roguelike, raise an army

> Chess roguelike, raise an army (iPhone/iPad app by Aleksandr Myasoedov.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-meets-necromancy/id6810631427 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Aleksandr Myasoedov](https://appshunter.io/developer/6810631429)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish, Ukrainian
- Released: 2026-09-14
- Data updated: 2026-10-04
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-meets-necromancy/id6810631427/reviews.md

## What is Chess Meets Necromancy?

Chess you already know. An army you have to raise.

Chess Meets Necromancy is a turn-based roguelike played on a real chessboard with real chess movement. Your hero is one piece. Everything you capture is a corpse you can raise.

THE RUN
Twenty waves across four acts. Enemies move like the pieces they are - grunts step like pawns, lancers leap like knights, imp matrons slide like queens. Clear the board, take a relic, spend your gold, march on. Die and the run is over.

RAISE AN ARMY
Spend souls next to your hero to raise Skeletons, Bone Knights, Wraiths, Bone Golems and Seraphs. Every summon moves as a chess piece. Give them a stance - Hunt, Hold or Guard - and they act after you, every turn. Army slots are limited, so choose what you bring.

RELICS AND TRAITS
Nineteen relics, each with levels that stack across a run. Seventeen lasting traits bought in the town between waves: extra turns before a wave lands, fewer enemies per wave, a free summon every wave, bank interest, a doubled army cap. No two runs build the same.

BOSSES
Ten bosses with real HP bars, from the Ogre Warchief to the Lich King, the Stone Titan and the Brood Queen. Act IV stops sending one king and starts sending a court - the final board holds three at once.

THE TOWN
Between waves, spend gold. Buy traits, promote your King into a Warlord, hire a new champion, or put gold in the bank and let it earn interest.

FOUR HEROES
Necromancer, Death Knight, Priestess, Ranger. Each moves differently, starts differently, and each has a relic only they can find.

TAP ANYTHING
Tap any piece to see its name, movement, attack and health. Gold squares preview where it steps, red squares preview what it can take. Learn the board before you commit.

- Plays entirely offline, no required account
- No ads, no timers, no energy system
- Optional Game Center leaderboards and achievements
- No in-app purchases; everything is earned in-run
- Game controller support
- iPhone and iPad
- Pixel art and haptics

If you can play chess, you can start. Whether you finish is another question.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.0 — 2026-10-03

Veteran Blood, Frenzied Ghoul, and a fresh look.

- Veteran Blood relic: summons gain max health for every wave they survive.
- Frenzied Ghoul summon: 15 health, but it may lash out at a neighbor (FRIENDLY FIRE).
- "Let fate choose" at the crossroads picks a random path for you.
- Nemesis rivalry ranks now reset each run; your records and achievements stay.
- New listing title and screenshots.

### 1.4.0 — 2026-09-30

New themes (Ashen Crypt, Plague Verdigris, Gaslight, Iron & Tallow, Oxblood), Crossroads Ambush and Blessed shrines, skeleton chain-raise, summon role hints, a drifting soul auction in the Reliquary, and softer bosses.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-09-29

Nemeses — bosses remember killing you, gain a capped rivalry rank, and learn your hero. Defeat them to weaken the rivalry. Browse all 11 bosses and earn an achievement for each defeat.

Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty in Settings scale boss health for your next run.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-28

Refreshed App Store screenshots and added preview videos. No gameplay changes.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-22

Auto-battle: hire a battle steward in the Tavern to let your hero fight on autopilot for the rest of the run.

Boss rewards raised across the board, and boss difficulty now scales with the size of your summoned army.

Lich King raises the dead without giving up its turn. Colossus hits harder. A new poison boss, the Plague Lord, has joined the court.

The Tavern now fully heals your hero on arrival. Fixed garbled percent signs in a few relic descriptions.

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