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Games You Can Play on a Chessboard

Miniature games designed for a standard 8×8 chessboard. No terrain to build and no mat to buy, just the board you probably already own and some minis.

Motley Crews

Motley Crews

Grid-based tactical fantasy skirmish for two players, played on a regular 8×8 chessboard with any miniatures you like.
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Brawl Arcane 28

A wizard-duel skirmish game by Brett Evans. Two wizards, a few summoned minions, a baying crowd, and random spells every turn, all on a chessboard. Pay what you want.
Magnagothica: Maleghast cover art by Tom Bloom, a screaming white-haired necromancer under the Maleghast logo on a red background

Magnagothica: Maleghast

Necromancer skirmish on a chessboard by Tom Bloom. Pick a house of the dead, raise a small warband, and go after the enemy necromancer. $6.66 for the rules, and any minis you like.