A customizable chess variant where every capture triggers a mini-game. Test your knowledge with trivia, roll tactical d20 checks, and challenge friends or computer opponents in local and online matches.

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About This Game

Nested Moves is chess where every capture triggers a challenge, from trivia questions to tactical d20 rolls.

Winning the challenge completes the capture. Losing it can leave your piece exposed and your entire plan in ruins.

Choose a ready-made game mode or build your own. Create custom trivia questions, select which challenges can appear, and define the exact d20 roll required for every attacker-and-target combination.

During a match, an attempted capture might lead to a trivia question, a d20 roll, tic-tac-toe, four-in-a-row, checkers, a coin flip, or even another game of chess. Every challenge introduces new risks, reversals, and opportunities, but the underlying chess position still matters.

Features

  • Chess with a twist: Every attempted capture triggers a challenge that determines whether the move succeeds.

  • Custom trivia: Create your own questions for personalized matches, themed quizzes, or challenges with friends.

  • Tactical d20 rules: Set the required roll for every piece matchup, from pawn versus pawn to queen versus rook.

  • Multiple mini-games: Play trivia, d20 rolls, tic-tac-toe, four-in-a-row, checkers, coin flips, nested chess, and more.

  • Highly customizable matches: Choose which challenges appear and adjust their rules to create strategic, chaotic, or unpredictable games.

  • Play your way: Challenge a computer opponent, play locally, invite friends online, or search for public lobbies.

  • Different every match: The same chess position can produce completely different outcomes depending on the challenge.

  • Free to play: Experiment with different setups and bring your friends along.

Whether you want a strategic chess variant, a competitive party game, or an excuse to settle a capture with a coin flip, Nested Moves turns every capture into a game within the game.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI tools were used during the preparation and localization of trivia questions to assist with grammar, syntax, wording, and consistency checks.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: i3-4010U
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel (R) HD Graphics Family
    • DirectX: Version 12
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: i7-4790
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GTX-1660
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
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