Explosive Chess
Jason Fawley Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Explosive Chess is a paid Games app for iPhone and iPad by Jason Fawley. Requires iOS 16.0. Updated October 10, 2026.
- Price
- 2.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 22 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 10
- 2026 · v1.1
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About Explosive Chess
Explosive Chess is a turn-based strategy game that combines chess movement with tactical, timed bomb explosions. Move your pieces like chess — but the only way to destroy anything is with bombs. Every turn you choose: move a piece, or arm a bomb. Bombs detonate on a fuse, blast in patterns determined by the piece that armed them, and friendly fire is real. Your own King can be destroyed by your own bomb. HOW TO PLAY Select a piece and move it — or switch to Arm mode and place a bomb on any square it threatens. Every piece has a unique blast shape. Rooks blast in a cross. Knights blast in an L-pattern that ignores everything in between. Pawns blast diagonally forward. The only way to win is to destroy the enemy King. FEATURES · Single-player vs AI with three difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, and Hard · Pass & Play multiplayer on one device · Three power-ups hidden in destructible rubble: Extra Bomb, Fuse Control, and Shield · Randomized board layouts every game — no two games play the same · No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Buy it once, own it forever.
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated October 10, 2026
The biggest update yet — Explosive Chess now looks and sounds the part. • Bigger blasts: fireballs race along every blast line, with debris and board shake • Haptics: feel every arm and detonation (toggle in Settings) • New original soundtrack plus all-new sound effects, with separate Music and Sound Effects toggles • Retro 8-bit victory, defeat and draw fanfares • Fresh navy-and-gold look: new board frame, bombs with fuse counters that pulse red on their last turn, glowing power-ups • Animated falling-pieces background (can be turned off in Settings) • Fixes and polish throughout
App privacy
The developer, Jason Fawley, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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