Tank Chess
BGG rank
BGG #8,487
BGG rating
7.5

Tank Chess

2016

Rules assistance for Tank Chess

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 10–50 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 2.4/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Tank Chess

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Tank Chess is a board game released in 2016 for 2 players, 10–50 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Predrag Lazovic and Dragan Lazovic and its main mechanics are Variable Set-up, Square Grid, and Grid Movement.

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About the game

Description from the publisher: Tank Chess: The Ultimate Tactical Armored Engagement Tank Chess is a deep, diceless strategic game that reimagines the classic spirit of chess through the lens of modern armored warfare. Played on square boards of various sizes, the game challenges players to command a diverse force of Light, Medium, and Heavy Tanks, Tank Destroyers, and Heavy Mortars. Your objective is clear but demanding: either penetrate enemy lines to destroy their Command Tank or safely navigate your own Command Tank to the opposite side of the board to escape. Unlike traditional abstract games, Tank Chess introduces crucial tactical variables such as piece orientation, armor thickness, and long-range firing arcs. Each unit features distinct movement speeds and specialized armor—strongest at the front and weakest at the rear—requiring players to meticulously plan every maneuver to exploit flanking opportunities. Obstacles and terrain further complicate the battlefield, blocking lines of sight and creating "rubble" from destroyed vehicles that permanently alters the board's geography, ensuring that no two matches ever play the same.

Publishers

  • Graphic Studio Forsage
  • Laguna
  • Editions Philibert
  • uchibacoya
  • Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. (国際通信社)
  • Forsage Games

Questions and answers

Tank Chess supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.