TransmuteOne of your pawns becomes a knight or bishop.
Bright CircleCasimir
Bright Circle · Style Transformation
Casimir CopperkettleThe alchemist
Casimir turns pawns into knights or bishops, brews minor pieces into rooks and makes a pawn a rook with his Grand elixir. For players who love to power up.
Turns pawns and minor pieces into stronger ones. For power builders.
- Free to download
- No ads
- No account
- Plays offline
Who is Casimir?
The alchemist brews potions that turn pawns into knights and knights into rooks.
Casimir Copperkettle has blown up his laboratory three times and got wiser every time, but not more careful. By now his eyebrows grow back out of habit. He turns lead into gold, water into tea and pawns into knights. When it bubbles, he is happy. When it bangs, he is even happier.
Before the first move, Casimir hides the Cauldron trap on the board. If your opponent moves onto the square, they fall into Casimir’s cauldron: a bishop or knight is turned back into a pawn. Any other piece is paralyzed for 2 moves instead.
Spells
Casimir's three spells
Every move earns 1 mana, every captured piece adds its value on top. Instead of moving, you cast a spell. After that it needs a few moves before it is ready again.
- Transmute
One of your pawns becomes a knight or bishop.
- Golden brew
One of your knights or bishops becomes a rook.
- Grand elixir
Master spell: One of your pawns becomes a rook, but has to cool down for 2 moves and cannot move until then.
Tactics
How to win with Casimir
Gather mana early
Potions cost 27 mana and need 20 of your own moves to recharge. Trade pieces early, since every capture adds extra mana.
Turn idle pawns into knights
Transmute a pawn that isn't doing much into a knight or bishop. One extra attacker can tip the whole middlegame.
Grand elixir before the endgame
A pawn becomes a rook but must cool down for 2 moves. Brew it where it can't be attacked right away and enjoy an extra rook in the endgame.
A cauldron for minor pieces
Hide the Cauldron trap on a square enemy knights and bishops like to visit. Whoever falls in turns back into a pawn.
Quips
Casimir has something to say about everything
My eyebrows grew back. Time for chess!
at the startThat was a small, tidy explosion.
when capturingKaboom! There go my eyebrows again.
after a lossAn explosion? No, just my pride. Ouch.
caught in a trap
The rival is Lothar Claymonger of the Shadow Guild. When these two meet, it's not just pieces that fly, but quips too.
Marina SeaspraySea and tides
Bright Circle
Baron Basil GrimgazeGaze and glare
Shadow Guild
Madam Mildred BogwortBog and rot
Shadow Guild
Good to know
Questions about Casimir
The download is free. Beat Casimir three times and Casimir joins your side.
The master spell Grand elixir. It costs 25 mana, works only once per game and does this: One of your pawns becomes a rook, but has to cool down for 2 moves and cannot move until then.
Lothar Claymonger of the Shadow Guild. Both play the Transformation style, and each has special quips for the other.
16: eight good wizards in the Bright Circle and eight evil ones in the Shadow Guild, one for each play style. Bruno and Baron Basil are playable right away, every other wizard joins you after three wins.