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Chess 3: The Final Chapter PlaytestNews2026-10-04: Minor Fixes and Intel Mac Support
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2026-10-04: Minor Fixes and Intel Mac Support

Chess 3: The Final Chapter Playtest · published 5 Oct 2026, 09:32 UTC

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I'm still working on the the skill tree, and once we hit 14 liberties and 14 modules, I think there will be enough content I can ship the skill tree. Probably within the week. So stay tuned.

System Changes:
- Changed the formula for compensation. It's now simply 50 + Modules - Liberties. This previously was based on unused liberties, but the next patch will ship the 10th liberty and 10th module, so this no longer makes sense. This should not affect the relative scores of players.

Balance Changes:
- Increased Conjuration cooldown to 5 turns
- Increased Undead Horde's trophy requirement to 8
- Royal Writ Acceleratres twice

Technical:
- Added native support for intel macs

Fixes:
- Stockfish being able to use undead horde immediately after capturing one of your pieces
- Improved gaps and timings in animations
- Some ability previews were broken in the setup screen
- Some ability previews wouldn't be dismissed
- All abilities now have previews (added Conjuration, oblation, body guard, and sheer cold)
- Bug where you couldn't toggle off gamble in some scenarios
- Scoreboard not displaying daily scores correctly
- Other various UI fixes

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