Gambonanza

Description

Gambonanza is a turn-based chess roguelike set on a tiny board with huge stakes. Master tactical twists, invest your winnings, and discover rule-bending Gambits plus wild tile and piece combinations. Face off against challenging bosses and get lost in all the ways you can break traditional chess! But be careful, if you waste too many moves the board will crumble around you… FEATURES • Snackable, high-impact runs Play fast, punchy chess battles on smaller starting boards where every decision counts. • 150+ rule-bending Gambits Combine your chess pieces with Gambits to unlock devastating combos and strategic surprises. • Dynamic reserve system Store extra pieces off-board and deploy them at the perfect moment to swing the game. • Strategic board upgrades Enhance your chessboard with golden squares, blessing tiles, protective surfaces, and more! • Fight epic boss battles Take on big encounters that reward smart builds and punish strategic mistakes. • Retro aesthetic and quirky ambiance Immerse yourself in vibrant pixel art and the playful excitement of a fairground. • Mini-games for power boosts Test your luck and skill in challenges inspired by pachinko, slot machines, and Gachapon. WHY PLAY GAMBONANZA? Gambonanza takes the tactical clarity of chess and turns it into a roguelike playground: stack Gambits, sculpt the board, manage your reserves, and discover ridiculous combos that “shouldn’t work”… until they do. If you love smart strategy, replayable runs, and the thrill of breaking the rules (legally), this one’s for you. JOIN THE CHESS REVOLUTION! Download Gambonanza and start rewriting chess. ABOUT THE TEAM Gambonanza is developed by Blukulélé and published by Sidekick Publishing and Stray Fawn Publishing. Mobile Port by Ateo

Recent Reviews

• ★★★★★Bunz217

  Can’t launch game

  Game crashes on initial loading screen with a frozen cloud spinning icon on iPhone 15

• ★★★★★Jhon 67

  Best game ever

  It’s super fun for long car rides and long plane flights with 0 adds

• ★★★★★Dr. Alan Cula

  It’s Balatro but with chess

  Now I can gamble with fake money on a game I’m even worse at than poker!

• ★★★★★app store critic #14576

  PEAK

  here’s two suggestions. to make the game endless, you should add a custom gambits feature. also please make it so that you can enable both drag and tap to move with pieces. game’s doing good so far, keep it up!

• ★★★★★Rob tita

  So unique I love it

  A amazing project and game

• ★★★★★Slug cat15

  It was at most mid tier the gambits are so generic and you can’t get combos like balatro

  Don’t buy this if you loved balatro instead I recommend slay the spire

• ★★★★★Theion666

  Great concept, way too buggy

  I was looking for an experience similar to Balatro (I have 600 hours on that game, and this seemed like a cool new take on the roguelite idea). However, it’s obvious how poor quality control was before this game was released. So many bugs that lead to you losing runs even if you did everything right - gambits not working properly, enemy being able to capture pieces it’s not supposed to be able to etc. I was enjoying playing this game so much until I experienced these, such a shame.

• ★★★★★PhoneyBalonee

  Broken Settings

  there’s a setting to switch touch controls from “On Drag” to “On Touch”, so you just have to tap pieces and their destinations to play. This option doesn’t work, which sucks because I can’t drag my finger on my phone very well due to a disability. I can’t play this game even though I bought it because of this bug. I will change my review if it’s fixed

• ★★★★★Lil_Lemon_

  Great game, some ideas however

  I love the game, it’s fun and definitely helps you think outside the box. I can see how someone who is into chess can love this game and I as someone who isn’t that into chess does love it too! My biggest issues are the following however, minor but stand out to me. - No speed multiplier; I think if there was a multiplier it could help with games going quicker especially at work! (Sorry boss) - Pauses outside audio/plays over outside audio; I like to listen to music or podcasts and play games, it’s kind of a bother when these things get paused due to how the game runs - optimization; my phone gets very hot when playing this game, never an issue either other games other than cloverpit which I can pass off as graphically more complex, but I don’t know why that is the case with this game. - the game restarts when out of it for five seconds (exaggeration). I don’t like that if I’m out of the game for a bit too long the app force restarts itself Other than that, solid game but a 4/5 until these are addressed or fixed!

• ★★★★★Stephen Van Gorden

  Good game

  Wahoo!