UltraPunchi's Rosso Pairs Tarot Cards With A Chess Board Of Action Points
UltraPunchi showed Rosso: The Little Chess at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 in Bangkok, where Thanajan Saesum and Puwanat Farungsang walked through the turn-based tactics game.
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Why it matters
The design leans on a card timeline keyed to action points rather than on the chess motif alone, so the board is mostly a stage for ordering effects correctly.
Key Facts
- UltraPunchi showed Rosso: The Little Chess at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 in Bangkok.
- Each turn gives the player two action points to split between moving and attacking.
- Tarot cards placed on an action card timeline activate their effects in time with Rosso's movement and attacks.
- Collecting three cards of the same type transforms Rosso into one of three combat styles: shooting for blue cards, tank for yellow, and melee for red.
- The demo's boss was Avido, who bears the title The Rook, in a fight split into two phases.
Each turn gives two action points split between moving and attacking, and tarot cards placed on a timeline fire their effects in step with Rosso's moves. Collecting three cards of one type switches the protagonist into one of three combat styles.
The chess framing is not the whole idea. White pawn-shaped pieces stand on the board, and one ally piece, The Dumb Pawn, fights beside the white-haired protagonist Rosso, but the combat loop runs on cards. Players line acquired tarot cards up on an action card timeline, and the effects trigger in time with Rosso's movement and attacks. Slots are numbered 1 and 2, matching the two actions each turn.
Card effects also change the fight itself. Three cards of the same type transform Rosso into a shooting, tank, or melee style, tied to blue, yellow, and red cards. The melee style, Blade Master, can inflict debuffs such as burning. Enemies mirror the chess pieces, and the boss in the demo, Avido, carries the title The Rook.
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