Gambit Arena

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GambitArena

CHESS · GAMBITS · CHAOS

Build an army. Break the board.

Roguelike chess duels. Draft gambits, recruit pieces between rounds, and win three rounds before the floor falls out from under you.

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How well do you know chess?

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Pick your starter gambit

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Back

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GambitArena

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Tutorial with Sir Hops

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Play

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FORMAT

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ARMY

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Last 14 matches

Ranked matchmaking

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Gambit wheel at start Joins the Wheel queue. Both players spin for a starting gambit.

Random rulesMoney, reserve, board, Crumble and Waits are rolled for both players.

PLAYING NOW

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EST. WAIT

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Challenge a friend

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Choose a bot

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Match rules

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Reset to standard

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Daily Gambit

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Win a round using only Knights and Pawns.

1 / 3 rounds+150 XP · 50 gold

Season 3 · Collapse

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Live in the Arena

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Friends

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Send request

Nobody here yet.

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Accept

Decline

Challenge

Remove

Suggested players

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Game history

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ModePlayersResultGambitsELODate

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Review

Leaderboard

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RankPlayerELOW / L7d

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Catalog

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Nothing matches those filters.

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My Army

Your pieces, gambits, tiles and gold carry from battle to battle. Lost pieces are gone for good, unless you insure them ($1 each) before GO. Resigning keeps every piece still on the board.

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OPTION A

Start with a budget

You get no pieces and no gambits. Spend your gold on whatever army you want, then set up your first formation.

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Take the gold

OPTION B

Roll the Piece Wheels

Get 3 random pieces on your board for free, but you start with $0. Could be three Queens. Could be three Pawns.

STOP!!

Recruit these · $0

Spin the wheels

Your army has fallen

No pieces and not enough gold to buy one. Take a rebuild grant to start again. Your record stays.

Take $25 and rebuild

Default formation

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RESERVE · {{ armyResCount }}/7

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GAMBITS · {{ armyGCount }}/5

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TILES AND TRAITS TO PLACE

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Army shop

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Rewards

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chests to open

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Win 3 in a row → 1 chest

Open a chest

CAN CONTAIN

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Chest tier

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How chest tiers workREWARDS

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YOU

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Hover a tier to see its loot

Achievements

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Rulebook

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Pieces

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Board

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Preview

Gameplay

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Profile look

Replay tutorial

Tour the lobby

SEASON 3 · 24 DAYS LEFT

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Earn XP from every round. Crumble-heavy wins pay double this season.

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Claim

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Cancel

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VS

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Leave this match (counts as a loss)

Gambit Wheel

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Skip tutorial

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SIR HOPS

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Back

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RESERVE

Wait

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Crumble

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Battle → Shop → Battle

Survivors, gambits and money carry between rounds. First to 3 wins.

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This match

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Wait · 3/3

Premove b2 → b4

No legal moves · your turn is skipped

Warm up vs Pip (450)

Tour the lobby

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Opening…

Added to My Army

Nice!

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CHALLENGE

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Decline

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