Battle Ace

Chess-like Strategy Game with Normal Playing Cards

Photograph of the side of the tuck box for strategy card game, Battle Ace by Gareth Mottram

Battle Ace, a FREE duel game, fuses the tactical depth of chess with carefully limited random elements, creating an unparalleled strategic experience all with a normal pack of playing cards.

With over 6.5 million random starting positions, set-up is a breeze, taking less than a minute. Gameplay is swift with alternate single-action turns: Move, Stack (combine cards), Attack, or Pack (draw a reserve). Battle Ace may be quick to grasp, but its profound strategic depth soon unfolds, requiring a balance of slow, powerful advances and swift, agile strikes, multi-front defences and the tactical agility to adjust your victory objectives on the fly.

Optional rules open new dimensions of strategy. Introduce a dash of unpredictability with random attack values, dominate specific areas for combat advantage, or let the Joker card wreak havoc as a wild card. Battle Ace can even escalate to a multiplayer battleground with up to 4 players, all achievable with a single or a pair of standard playing card decks.

Are you up for the challenge? Can you, the seasoned chess player, adapt your strategies to Battle Ace’s dynamic setups, varied combat strengths, and the unique twist of combining cards? Will you emerge victorious, or succumb to defeat?

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Sample card for the strategy game, Battle Ace showing card value, suit and fantasy image

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High quality cards featuring the original ink and pencil artwork by Martin Buck.

Sample card for the strategy game, Battle Ace showing card value, suit and fantasy image
Tuck box back for strategy card game, Battle Ace by Gareth Mottram giving blurb and QR link.
Sample card for the strategy game, Battle Ace showing card value, suit and fantasy image

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Battle Ace
Mat

A4 Sections (pdf)

Part of the battle mat (optional board) for the strategy card game, Battle Ace by Gareth Mottram.

Play with or without a board

For a two-player game, you only need one red and one black suit. The remaining cards can be used to mark out the play area.

Alternatively, you can lay the cards on the play board…

Photograph of strategy card game, Battle Ace by Gareth Mottram being played on the custom battle mat (board).

Simple Rules

Set up and rules summary for the strategy card game, Battle Ace by Gareth Mottram.

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Sample card for the strategy game, Battle Ace showing card value, suit and fantasy image
Sample card for the strategy game, Battle Ace by Gareth Mottram, showing card value, suit and fantasy image - colour
Sample card for the strategy game, Battle Ace by Gareth Mottram, showing card value, suit and fantasy image - colour