If you've ever been frustrated by someone beating you in chess only because they didn't just learn the rules but studied some opening and end games, then Keizár gives you the chance to beat them. Keizár is a two-player competitive strategy game that combines the board and the moves from chess with the randomness of a card game. As a result, the board is never the same, you can't prepare by studying patterns and scenarios, you have to come up with a strategy on the spot.
Because
it isn't chess!
The game starts by setting up the board. Set tiles are always the same, the rest shuffled and placed to create a unique experience each time. All pieces are pawns for the purposes of of movement and taking rules. But when you land on particular tiles, your piece will behave as either a rook, bishop, knight, king or queen. Once you make the next move however, back to being a pawn.
Unlike normal chess, your aim is not to checkmate the king, but instead hold the Keizár tile, a set tile on the board. If you can hold that for 3 of your opponents turns, you win.