Altus Chess-Urban Play
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System Requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit (2004 or later)
- Processor: 4-core / 4-thread @ 3.0 GHz+ (Intel i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 2300X or equivalent)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated with Vulkan 1.2 (Intel UHD 630, AMD Vega 8, or equivalent)
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 60Hz display
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: 6+ cores / 12+ threads @ 3.4 GHz+ (Intel i5-12400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or better)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated GPU with Vulkan 1.3 (GTX 1660 / RX 5600 XT / Arc A380 or better)
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: High-refresh display benefits from uncapped render
- OS: macOS 12 Monterey
- Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core i5 8th gen+ with Metal support
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Metal 3 capable
- OS: macOS 14 Sonoma or later
- Processor: Apple M2 Pro / M3 / M4
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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About This Game
Same pieces. Same rules. Half the marching. Two compressed tournament boards — 12×8 and 18×12 — that put the full Altus rosters into contact within a turn or two. Faster, more aggressive versions of the boards you already know.
Detailed Description
Altus Chess - Urban Play adds two new tournament boards: 12×8 and 18×12.
There is nothing new to learn. Same pieces, same ranges, same rules. You just have far less room to use them.
On the 12×12 there are eight empty ranks between the pawn lines. On the 12×8 there are four. On the 18×18, fourteen. On the 18×12, eight.
What that does to a game is immediate. Pieces make contact around turn two on the 12×8. On the 18×12 you are inside each other's reach before either side has finished developing. A pawn that used to need a long campaign can promote in about five turns. The openings you know stop working. There is no time left to build.
The 12×8 plays the complete 12×12 lineup. The 18×12 carries the entire 18×18 roster — the Lord, the Slip Gate, Odin's Hand and their pawn variants — each one moving exactly as it does on the larger board. That turns out to favour the long pieces enormously. Odin's Hand crosses forty percent of the ranks in a single move. The Slip Gate network reaches proportionally more of the board than it ever did. Positions close up early and stay closed.
Both boards play every mode you already know:
Play — two players at one machine, on either board.
Observer — sit back and watch a match unfold.
AI Challenge — each board has its own ladder of opponents.
Puzzles — an open sandbox. Build any position you like and play it out.
Your saves work the way they always have. Urban Play games sit alongside your existing ones, load from each board's own menu, and quitting a match drops you back where you started.
Faster, more aggressive versions of the boards you already know.