Pawnbarian is a minimalist puzzle roguelike. It's built around the core mechanic of using chess moves to control your adventurer on a tiny dungeon board.

• Use a deck of chess pieces to hack and slash through hordes of monsters.
• Pick up the basics instantly if you're familiar with chess, or learn in minutes if you aren't.
• Carefully plan your moves to navigate tricky, emergent tactical situations.
• Spend treasure to upgrade your cards with additional powers.
• Blitz through quick 15-30 minute runs - or die trying.
• Take on the infinite post-run Gauntlet to see how long you can survive.
• Pick from 3 characters with unique rules to conquer 3 dungeons full of varied monsters.
• Progress through Chains, a series of extra difficulty settings.

What Pawnbarian is not

Pawnbarian is not a full-fledged roguelike with deep and varied builds to explore. There is a bit of progression over the course of a run, but the core of the game is dealing with a variety of enemies, and figuring out what to do each turn.
Think of it as a highly replayable puzzle game with a roguelike card battler feel.