About Mystic Chess

Mystic Chess is an independent game designed and built by a solo developer. It started from a simple question: what if chess kept every rule you know, but each player also brought a few secrets to the board?

The answer is a chess variant with 29 power pieces. Each one keeps the silhouette and movement of a standard chess piece and adds either a once-per-game active power or an always-on passive ability. Skill still decides most games; the powers add the surprise.

Mystic Chess runs in any modern web browser. You can try it free as a guest against the computer or on a shared board, or create an account to keep a permanent army of 16 pieces in your Vault and play friends online.

Game

Chess variant (turn-based strategy)

Board

Standard 8×8 chess board and rules

Power pieces

29 (20 active, 9 passive)

Play modes

Against the computer (Mystic Warden, The Oracle, Archmage, The Grandmystic), shared board, online with friends

Clock

1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes per side

Platform

Web browser