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The Board is Yours merges chess positioning with incremental progression: you buy squares, unlock rule-altering upgrades, and chain synergies between defended pieces to expand your control. The game demands active optimization and tactical repositioning rather than pure passive grinding, rewarding players who experiment with different strategic combinations.

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What players are saying

▲ Recommended 8 hrs

Good game, nice dev, interesting mechanics & strategy, not too pricy.
Quite fun overall

7 found helpful Steam ↗

▲ Recommended 6 hrs

Absolute banger if you like idle/incremental games, not too long or too short and perfect price tag. It's really fun to try and find the best strat. I hope we had more games like this and instead of the truckload of copy/paste garbage pushed out by devs trying to make a quick buck.
My hat to you Draelent.

5 found helpful Steam ↗

▲ Recommended 31 hrs

Idle & Incremental Lovers recommends The Board is Yours:
Absolutely amazing mix of genres! A lot of thinking involved, upgrades are new rules and completely change your strategies, pacing is great, UI is clean, balance is freaking perfect. Buy it already!
+ Totally unexpected mix of genres, but the best one I've seen in a long time!
+ Dev wannabes should take note, this is how you make upgrades: in a way that always bring something new to the gameplay!
+ Balancing such a game must have been a nightmare, but the dev was up to the challenge, impressing!
+ I can't believe it's the first game for this solo dev, and that it's only 2,50€ full price (should be at least the double). It's a steal!
Please, support this dev, support this game, I promise you won't regret it!
*Why can't dinosaurs play chess? Cause they're all dead!*
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Latest updates

Patch notes 1.0.2 - German localization and first QoL fixes

73 days ago

Here is the first patch for the game, especially for corrections of German localization thanks to Daniel da Silva, and a few fixes and QoL improvements that were needed. German localization corrections thanks to Daniel da Silva! Saved "hide max" upgrades button state across successive runs Fix for "Previous Production" text overlapping the production in several languages Fixed cases where swipe-buy squares wouldn't trigger Fixed "back to menu" text in settings Minor fixes in layout and some localized texts not appearing correctly

A few "secrets" to thank you!

76 days ago

I can't describe how grateful I am to see so many people playing my game for hours and even finishing it! I was not expecting such a positive reception when I released the game 2 weeks ago.Thank you also for all the great feedback, especially regarding quality-of-life improvements. I'm hoping to release a first patch soon with a few of these changes.While waiting for the 1st QoL patch, here are a few (not-so-)secret features you may have missed:You can swipe-buy squares of the board! Simply hold LMB to buy a square, then drag across adjacent squares as if you were drawing on the boardYou can press B (on keyboard) to randomly change the color of the board if you don't like the current oneYou can change the transparency of the rice grains in the settings (can be helpful to keep the board visible near the end of the game!)There is a fantastic guide to solving the riddle of the demo if you played it, feel free to check it out in the Community hub!Thanks again, I'm delighted to see so many people enjoying my game, I hope you keep having fun with it!Oh, and feel free to post screenshots of your best configurations for maximum production per cycle! I heard that some people were able to reach over 100 Q / cycle but I've not seen it yet...

Fully playable on Steam Deck!

83 days ago

Depending on your playstyle, it can take anywhere from 4 to 20+ hours to finish the game. But no matter how long it takes you, you can now play it entirely on Steam Deck:Either with the touchscreen only,Or with the virtual cursor if you prefer.And don't worry: you can switch back to your PC anytime, your save will transfer seamlessly via Steam Cloud!

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