In a nutshell: Match-3 game with chess pieces. Free for the first 24 hours (allegedly) and well worth giving a go: Pawn'd Headlight Software, Inc. Break jewels like a king in Pawn'd! Match-3 meets Chess. "Gameplay: 5/5" - The-App-Shack.com "Pawn’d is a match 3 g… $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsBreak jewels like a king in Pawn'd! Match-3 meets Chess. "Gameplay: 5/5" - The-App-Shack.com "Pawn’d is a match 3 game that aims to make things a little bit different, and it succeeds greatly." - AppChronicles.com "Bejeweled has just been PAWN'D!" - "Lork Gek" App Store Review "An absolute must buy for fans of chess games, match-3 games, or fans of innovative genre blending games." - Examiner.com PAWN'D This addictive game combines the strategic thinking and unique moves of chess with fun, gem-shattering, puzzle-game action. Each piece has simple but unique moves inspired by chess and perfected for match-game action. Several modes of game play provide unique challenges. Can you break the poisoned piece in a just a few moves? How long can you keep playing while finding only matches of 4 or more? Can you fight off the ivy growing over the board? Tired of deep thought? Try matching as many pieces as you can before time runs out! Never played chess? No problem! Fun practice games and touch-a-piece hints make it easy to pick up...and even harder to put down. Simple to play, but tough to master. Are you ready to get Pawn'd? Information Seller:Headlight Software, Inc. Genre:Puzzle, Strategy Release:Feb 17, 2012 Updated:Jan 29, 2018 Version:1.5 Size:38.6 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (2) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal nesio718 Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2010 914 0 0 getting paid.... Sunny South FL!! #2 nesio718, Feb 17, 2012 universal match 3.....for free. ill give it a whirl and a review. slewis7 Well-Known Member Apr 6, 2011 3,768 41 48 Male Retired! Houston, TX #3 slewis7, Feb 17, 2012 Last edited: Feb 17, 2012 This is clever and well presented. A really outstanding freebie! Edit: the darn app store is telling me I don't own the game and won't let me leave a review. I really want to reward the developers for this deserving 5 star game. kenzmev New Member Feb 17, 2012 4 0 0 #4 kenzmev, Feb 17, 2012 i want to play bigrand1 Well-Known Member Apr 23, 2010 4,968 7 38 Geriatric Party Animal California, USA #5 bigrand1, Feb 17, 2012 What?! No Rick, Corey, Old Man, etc.? QuickWit Well-Known Member Oct 28, 2008 548 0 0 Video Writer, Director, Producer Salt Lake City, Utah #6 QuickWit, Feb 17, 2012 Last edited: Feb 17, 2012 Played a couple of games in the Practice mode and I'm really liking it so far. This is a nice twist on the "Match-3" formula... and it's free. An easy win for anyone looking for something new to try today. BUT... this game is begging for a competitive version. Some sort of "Puzzle Quest" type of thing. Please make this happen! HeadlightInc Well-Known Member Dec 16, 2009 58 0 6 Seattle, WA #7 HeadlightInc, Feb 17, 2012 Thanks (From the developers of the game) Thanks! We've had tons of fun making and play-testing this one ourselves, it's so cool to get it out in the world and see other people like it too! We'll keep it free thru the weekend, so tell your friends We've got a lot of other ideas and unique game modes that these types of pieces allow, but kept version 1 focused on just a few of them. More to come! -Michael Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #8 Exact-Psience, Feb 17, 2012 Downloaded the game... Will post impressions later. Hopefully it will be as good as everyone says so i can have some puzzling time in between the current action & platformer bonanza. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #9 LordGek, Feb 17, 2012 I can't wait to see how you follow this up as it is already MOST AMAZING! Picture the age old (at least by modern gaming standards) Bejeweled like piece swapping game but with one huge twist, each of the unique pieces have their own unique rules of movement based on their real world Chess counterparts (rooks can only move in cross patterns, the bishops diagonally, etc.). On top of this clever mechanic the game offers ups some pretty unique modes of play like Pawn'd in which any move made that doesn't match MORE than 3 will cause you to lose one of your initial 8 lives or Poison, a mode in which there will always be a piece on the board that must be cleared before its count down timer runs out! 5/5 QuickWit Well-Known Member Oct 28, 2008 548 0 0 Video Writer, Director, Producer Salt Lake City, Utah #10 QuickWit, Feb 17, 2012 Played through all four modes now and I'm really liking this game. Pick it up! Also, the challenge mode thing is still something I would love to see. It could be a game where you have to collect all the chess pieces to win. the first to capture a full set would win. If you collect more than the required amount of something it could build up some sort of power. For instance, Five "extra" knights could allow you to give that movement power to another piece, or even some sort of "Lance" power move. Just some quick thoughts. But, again... if you like puzzler/match-3 game/chess... Pick it up! ColeDaddy Silver Supporter<br>Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Mar 20, 2010 4,234 131 63 Male Sojourner Washington D.C. #11 ColeDaddy, Feb 17, 2012 Posted my review on iTunes. Great game! Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #12 Exact-Psience, Feb 17, 2012 So i've played a couple games on clock'd and pawn'd. This game is well layed out which makes tapping the correct tiles easy and accurate. Also, I like the back ground music and sound effects. The game's pacing isnt too rapid but it isnt too dragging either, which is pretty good. The gameplay may just be another match 3, but the chess movement mechanic keeps this fresh and different from its match3 brethren. I'd say this is a must have for puzzle lovers and match3 fans! Especially now that it's still free. I also dont see any IAP, which may be good or bad. Agas Well-Known Member Jan 28, 2011 2,347 0 0 #13 Agas, Feb 18, 2012 [size=+2]PAWN'D[/size] is one of the nominees for [size=+2]Touch Arcade Game of the Week 15/02/2012[/size] Do you like to break jewels like a king in this puzzle-game action? [size=+3][thread=122836]VOTE HERE[/thread][/size] - Devs cannot vote for their own games - LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #14 LordGek, Feb 18, 2012 You got my vote as GotW! flameon Well-Known Member Jul 26, 2011 1,172 0 0 #15 flameon, Feb 18, 2012 I was expecting chum lee as the icon lol. Regardless highly recommended freebie. EfratBarTal Well-Known Member Mar 5, 2011 2,351 17 38 Female CEO Tel-Aviv #16 EfratBarTal, Feb 18, 2012 took me back to the first time i played hipsta chez awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #17 awp69, Feb 19, 2012 Missed this until I saw it nominated in the GOTW thread. Great game! Never learned chess very well so this may actually help me with that too! andsoitgoes Well-Known Member Jun 30, 2010 2,673 58 48 In a van, down by the river! #18 andsoitgoes, Feb 20, 2012 Crap! So I just missed out? (Tis not free any longer) I have tapped out my darned iTunes budget and was interested in giving this one a go. awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #19 awp69, Feb 20, 2012 Dude, it's well worth the $.99 when you get the money. Still taking me some getting used to as I'm not well versed in chess, but it's challenging and fun. Very cool take on the match-3 genre. BlueDiamondGaming Well-Known Member Jun 9, 2011 79 1 8 iPhone Game Developer Canandaigua, NY http://www.bluediamondgaming.com #20 BlueDiamondGaming, Feb 20, 2012 Very creative match 3! Nicely done! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? 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This is clever and well presented. A really outstanding freebie! Edit: the darn app store is telling me I don't own the game and won't let me leave a review. I really want to reward the developers for this deserving 5 star game.
Played a couple of games in the Practice mode and I'm really liking it so far. This is a nice twist on the "Match-3" formula... and it's free. An easy win for anyone looking for something new to try today. BUT... this game is begging for a competitive version. Some sort of "Puzzle Quest" type of thing. Please make this happen!
Thanks (From the developers of the game) Thanks! We've had tons of fun making and play-testing this one ourselves, it's so cool to get it out in the world and see other people like it too! We'll keep it free thru the weekend, so tell your friends We've got a lot of other ideas and unique game modes that these types of pieces allow, but kept version 1 focused on just a few of them. More to come! -Michael
Downloaded the game... Will post impressions later. Hopefully it will be as good as everyone says so i can have some puzzling time in between the current action & platformer bonanza.
I can't wait to see how you follow this up as it is already MOST AMAZING! Picture the age old (at least by modern gaming standards) Bejeweled like piece swapping game but with one huge twist, each of the unique pieces have their own unique rules of movement based on their real world Chess counterparts (rooks can only move in cross patterns, the bishops diagonally, etc.). On top of this clever mechanic the game offers ups some pretty unique modes of play like Pawn'd in which any move made that doesn't match MORE than 3 will cause you to lose one of your initial 8 lives or Poison, a mode in which there will always be a piece on the board that must be cleared before its count down timer runs out! 5/5
Played through all four modes now and I'm really liking this game. Pick it up! Also, the challenge mode thing is still something I would love to see. It could be a game where you have to collect all the chess pieces to win. the first to capture a full set would win. If you collect more than the required amount of something it could build up some sort of power. For instance, Five "extra" knights could allow you to give that movement power to another piece, or even some sort of "Lance" power move. Just some quick thoughts. But, again... if you like puzzler/match-3 game/chess... Pick it up!
So i've played a couple games on clock'd and pawn'd. This game is well layed out which makes tapping the correct tiles easy and accurate. Also, I like the back ground music and sound effects. The game's pacing isnt too rapid but it isnt too dragging either, which is pretty good. The gameplay may just be another match 3, but the chess movement mechanic keeps this fresh and different from its match3 brethren. I'd say this is a must have for puzzle lovers and match3 fans! Especially now that it's still free. I also dont see any IAP, which may be good or bad.
[size=+2]PAWN'D[/size] is one of the nominees for [size=+2]Touch Arcade Game of the Week 15/02/2012[/size] Do you like to break jewels like a king in this puzzle-game action? [size=+3][thread=122836]VOTE HERE[/thread][/size] - Devs cannot vote for their own games -
Missed this until I saw it nominated in the GOTW thread. Great game! Never learned chess very well so this may actually help me with that too!
Crap! So I just missed out? (Tis not free any longer) I have tapped out my darned iTunes budget and was interested in giving this one a go.
Dude, it's well worth the $.99 when you get the money. Still taking me some getting used to as I'm not well versed in chess, but it's challenging and fun. Very cool take on the match-3 genre.
