Demo Content
Play the five first levels where the difficulty ramps up quickly and you only have the bare bones weapons, talents and inventory. You will have to play strategically here because you're not yet able to make a powerful build.
Units
Add a new chess piece to your group at the start of each new level. Keep your units alive, if they die they won't re-spawn in the next level. If you make a mistake you can restart the level. Your King the the most important piece - if the King dies it's game over.
Treasures
Find treasures chests scattered across the world. Loot weapons that you can distribute to your characters to make them stronger. Gather gold coins to spend on talents that upgrade your units or that give you new spells to cast.
How to gain Mana
Your units will need healing to stay alive and healing spells costs mana. You can gain mana by destroying vases, barrels and boxes. Doing so will also give you a temporary buff depending on the object: heal over time effect from vases, speed boosts from barrels and damage buffs from crates.
Enemy movement
There can be multiple chessboards in a level. The opponent can move one piece per platform and bosses can move whenever they like. If you select an enemy you can see the tiles it is able to attack.
Enjoy and please share your experience!