I won't claim to be a tactical genius, but when it comes to roguelikes, I've played more than my fair share. These days it doesn't usually take me long to mash enough synergies together to get my first few wins in pretty much any example you chuck my way.
Today though… I have met my nemesis. I am absolutely terrible at Gambonanza. It's embarrassing.
On the face of it, it's a very simple game. Each round, I'm able to deploy a small number of chess pieces on a little board (initially just three), and my goal is just to capture all the enemy pieces before losing all of mine. All the pieces simply move as they do in chess—so a pawn, for example, can only move forward one and capture diagonally forward one, a bishop can move or capture anywhere in a diagonal line, and so on.
In practice, that makes every round a tight puzzle. Bearing in mind every potentially threatened square while manoeuvring your own pieces into the right positions to capture the enemy without then leaving themselves vulnerable to counter-attack—it's enough to wrap my brain in knots.
And I can't afford t...
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