Pawns
Features
The object of the game is get pawns (whether black or white) to their wooden box. This is done by placing arrows on the board to tell them where to go. Along the way you must avoid obstacles and enemy chess pieces. Sometimes the enemy chess pieces can simply be avoided, but you may need to encourage them to capture each other instead!
- 9 tutorial puzzles to get you started
- 15 puzzles levels, ranging from easy to brain-bending
- Simple mouse-based controls
Pawns won 2nd place in the OMG (Original Mac Games) 2005 contest.
| System Requirements | Download | |
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| Macintosh |
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Click here for Mac Universal Binary (24.5 MB, disk image) |
| Windows |
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Click here for Windows executable (7.5 MB, self-extracting archive) |
Hints and Troubleshooting
The game's readme file explains how to play, or simply run the Tutorial from the main menu for a quick introduction to Pawns.
If the game runs slowly or unevenly:
- Lower resolutions like 800x600 run faster than higher resolutions like 1024x768.
- Full-screen often runs faster than windowed.
- A lower quality like "Good" runs faster than "Fantastic".
Latest Pawns News
- Pawns Being Used In Classroom - October 12, 2009
Pawns was used to help teach programming to kids in a school in Geneva.
- Announcing: Pawns for iPhone - September 19, 2009
I am porting Pawns to the iPhone. I will post more details as I get closer to releasing it. Subscribe to the news feed to stay up-to-date!
- Pawns 1.2 released for Mac and PC - August 23, 2009
A major update to Pawns, version 1.2 features improved visuals and controls.
- Windows builds of A Tack! and Pawns now available - March 27, 2007
- Pawns wins 2nd place in OMG '05! - January 15, 2006