Unending War: Grand-Strategy Chess

The Strategic Map

• Over 650 provinces to conquer, each upgradeable with a variety of buildings..
  
• 7 gods and a mixture of other enemies and AIs to battle.
  
• A mixture of terrains that encourage (but not force) realistic empire sprawl patterns.
  
• Different visuals depending on which god owns a province.
  
• Skirmish battles to lower the supply, defence, or difficulty of a province, based on thousands of mid-game, high-level chess games.
  
• Magic that can change the strategic layout of the map by raising mountains, burning forests, and more.

The Chess Game

• - Difficulty levels that can be scaled to match the player, meaning that you are never overwhelmed.
  
• A vast range of difficulty levels from complete beginner to GM.
  
• Standard Chess, Chess 960, and uneven chess games are all offered through the strategy map.
  
• Each chess board tile is a unique location, offering different bonuses that can be useful during arbitrated battles.
  
• A selection of overlays which show the map as a more standard chess board.

The Arbitrated Battles

• A simple, yet effective, RPG style battle system.
  
• Each different chess piece has its own health, bonuses, and cost to arbitrate.
  
• Health does not recover after battles allowing several smaller pieces to coordinate to take down a larger one.
  
• Strategic resources can turn the tide of battles with spells, insights, and constructions.
  
• Not every chess encounter can be arbitrated, resources gained from the strategy map need to be conserved for critical encounters.