SpookMate

A spooky strategy game for one or two players, set in a haunted graveyard. Think chess, but the goal is a bubbling cauldron in the middle of the board.

Each side has five pieces: a pumpking, a witch, a ghost, a skeleton and an obelisk. Every piece moves differently, so you'll need to work out how to use their strengths together.

How to win

• Move your pumpking into the cauldron
• Capture the other side's pumpking
• Leave your opponent with no legal moves

The pieces

• Pumpking: steps one tile in any direction. It's the piece that wins the game, and the one you can't afford to lose.
• Witch: hops two tiles at a time along diagonals, up to two hops, but anything in her path stops her.
• Ghost: glides up to three tiles in a straight line and can float over a single piece or gravestone.
• Skeleton: leaps to any tile exactly two steps away, ignoring everything in between.
• Obelisk: never captures. It swaps places with any friendly piece anywhere on the board.

Mind the sky

In some games, lightning strikes the board. Tiles light up with a growing warning, and when the bolt lands, anything standing there is destroyed. If it hits a pumpking, that side loses on the spot.

Features

• Play against a friend locally, or against the AI
• Three AI difficulty levels, from relaxed to ruthless
• Lightning that gets nastier as the difficulty goes up
• Plays with a mouse or on a touchscreen
• Quick games, easy to learn and hard to master

Controls 

Click or tap a piece to see where it can go, then click or tap a highlighted tile to move.