The Board is Yours
Posted February 2, 2026. Updated February 2, 2026. Played 2147 times for a total of 990 hours.
description
The Board is Yours is a strategic chess-based incremental game: buy squares, unlock upgrades, and chain synergies through defended pieces. It plays as a demanding idle game where you’ll constantly reposition pieces and optimize your production until the board belongs to you.
Full Release itch.iogenerative ai disclosure
I translated the game with online tools to support other languages than English and French. These tools now all have Gen AI in them. I'm definitely open to criticism for the localization if anything weird appear in your native language, don't hesitate!
latest update
Draelent Demo V1.08 February 3, 2026
Version Demo 1.08 fixed the variety of bugs with the tutorials keeping the game stuck and the freezes! I hope I’ll not discover new bugs now, because that was very complex to reproduce… Please, for those who had a poor experience due to the freeze, don't hesitate to retry, and let me know if you still manage to break it, or if you managed to finish the demo instead!
There is a 3rd secret now in the game, you can press a specific key of your keyboard to change the color of the board…
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developer response: Thank you so much! I missed this comment when you wrote it, but it feels really good to read! It was indeed an (extremely) complex journey of crafting, so I was really hoping it would resonate with at least a few people, looking for an incremental with deeper challenges especially.. I'm happy to see that in that regard it seems to be a success! Thank you for the support, I really appreciate
developer response: Just wanted to say that you have no idea how impactful your comment was, and how it helped me in the process of finishing this game properly (you were on my wallpaper together with a few other comments here). Thank you so much.
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developer response: Thank you! Yes it will, the whole game is pretty much finished with the whole prestige tree that is currently locked. It will be released in the upcoming months.