HandMate: Card Chess

Chess, dealt differently. In HandMate, the cards in your hand decide which pieces you may move. A Knight card moves a knight. Knight / Bishop lets you choose. No card for your rook? Then your rook waits. Each turn you draw, then play up to two cards: one piece card for your move and one tactic to bend the board. Freeze the attacker, shield your king, shove a defender off the line, ambush a pawn, or swap your king with a rook in a single breath. There is no check and no checkmate. You win by capturing the king, so every exposed king is a target, and every turn asks the same question: which cards might your opponent be holding? PLAY ONLINE • Quick match: rated games against real players of a similar rating (needs Sign in with Apple) • Private rooms: send a code to a friend and play a friendly game, even as a guest • Turn-based: finish a game in one sitting or play one move a day; each turn waits up to 3 days • Waiting for an opponent? Play a practice game against a bot in the meantime. It is always labelled as a bot and never counts • Rematch with one tap FIVE BOTS, BEGINNER TO EXPERT • Win your way up the ladder: Medium, Hard and Expert unlock as you beat the level below • The Expert looks ahead at your best reply and weighs every hand you might be holding. It never peeks at your cards EVERY DAY • Daily Hand: the same deal for everyone, with a streak and a Game Center leaderboard • 60 puzzles: capture the king this turn with the cards you hold • Earn Crowns for wins, puzzles and streaks COLLECT • Over 100 piece sets, boards, card backs and card faces to collect. Many are unlocked with Crowns, which are earned only by playing • Nothing you can buy changes the game: both players always use the same 40-card deck, balanced over a million simulated games ALSO INSIDE • King danger warning with the odds of being captured next turn • Frenzy from round 15: both cards may move pieces, and games end with a bang • Pass & Play for two on one device, a playable tutorial, a card catalog with tips and the full rules • 8 languages, no ads, no tracking. Everything except online play works offline HANDMATE CLUB The game is free. The optional Club subscription adds puzzles 21 to 60, the Daily Hand archive and Club-only cosmetics, with Family Sharing. Club subscription terms: the Club is an auto-renewing subscription, available monthly or yearly. The yearly plan may include a free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when a free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and duration unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://clausewl.github.io/dicemate/handmate/privacy.html Learn it in a minute. The cards change every game.