About the Game
A BIZARRE GAME
Defeat the troll in his homebrew game "Advanced Troll Chess" so you can cross his bridge. But with over twenty mind-boggling rule changes to a classic game, this will prove to be quite a challenge.
THE TREACHEROUS TROLL
This cunning foe will surely give you a hard time with his schemes, cheats and taunts! Can you defeat an opponent who has no regard for manners or rules?
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Decrypt the mysterious rulebook with over thirty pages and discover countless mad strategies as you play!
COUNTER THE CHEATS
Accuse your opponent if you suspect him of cheating! Guess correctly and be rewarded with the sweet taste of revenge!
FEATURES
- Multiple Endings
- Speedrun Mode
- Speed Chess Mode
- Lots of Easter-eggs
- 20+ Unique Rules
- 30+ Rulebook Pages
- 100+ Lines of Dialog
- 30+ Achievements
- Atmospheric Audio Design
- Handcrafted Pixelart
Screenshots
6 images
Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 13712947
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Latest on Steam: Build 13785153
Update available
Hi trolls!
The game just reached 6000 copies sold! I would have never thought this to be possible but you all have been so incredible! Thank you for playing the game and for reporting bugs! Keep 'em coming.
Changes
Bugfixes
Again, thank you!
- Finn
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The game just reached 6000 copies sold! I would have never thought this to be possible but you all have been so incredible! Thank you for playing the game and for reporting bugs! Keep 'em coming.
Changes
- Added text feedback when pressing escape to make it easier to return to the menu.
- Added social media buttons to the menu.
Bugfixes
- Rephrased rule 25 to be more clear. (even for troll standards this was too vague)
- Fixed an issue where the Altruist achievement would trigger when moving the black queen on a gift of knowledge during a legal move.
- Fixed an issue where gifts of knowledge would count towards the double and triple kill achievement.
- Fixed an issue where ascending pawns could be grabbed when fast enough.
- Fixed various spelling errors. (Both the troll and I suck at spelling / grammar)
Again, thank you!
- Finn
Hello everyone!
Wow we sure are having a lot of incidents in the first week! This week the gifts became really useful in speedruns due to an unforeseen bug caused by the previous patch. A lot of records were broken. But unfortunately this also made one of the endings far too easy to complete, which is not something that I wanted to leave in the game. (Sorry speedrunners!!!)
Changes
Bugfixes
That's was all! Have fun!
- Finn
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Wow we sure are having a lot of incidents in the first week! This week the gifts became really useful in speedruns due to an unforeseen bug caused by the previous patch. A lot of records were broken. But unfortunately this also made one of the endings far too easy to complete, which is not something that I wanted to leave in the game. (Sorry speedrunners!!!)
Changes
- Added sound to the viewing of secret pages on the bridge in Act 2.
Bugfixes
- Gifts of knowledge captures no longer count towards ascension ending.
- The ascension of black pawns no longer counts towards ascension ending.
- Fixed an issue where the goose could be grabbed while it swam underneath the bridge.
- Fixed an issue where units could be stuck to the goose while it swam underneath the bridge.
- Fixed a visual bug where pieces stuck to the goose, still flipped when a queen captured another piece.
- Fixed an error caused by the dialog box before scene changes.
That's was all! Have fun!
- Finn
Hi everyone!
It seems rule 33 turned out to be referring to both the troll AND the speedrunners. That goose really is evil! I am referring to the funny exploit that was found by Phoenix Flare, where they made their game window so wide they could immediately grab the goose and skip the entire chess game. It has been fixed now, but thanks for the laugh!
In general I felt the goose ending was a bit too obtuse after hearing your feedback about it. So this patch I changed some things around. Let me know what you think of the changes!
Changes
Bugfixes
That's all for now. Have fun playing!
- Finn
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It seems rule 33 turned out to be referring to both the troll AND the speedrunners. That goose really is evil! I am referring to the funny exploit that was found by Phoenix Flare, where they made their game window so wide they could immediately grab the goose and skip the entire chess game. It has been fixed now, but thanks for the laugh!
In general I felt the goose ending was a bit too obtuse after hearing your feedback about it. So this patch I changed some things around. Let me know what you think of the changes!
Changes
- Goose ending achiement name has been changed from "Animality!" to "Bon Voyage!".
- Goose ending is now easier to trigger. You can now also stick pieces on the goose while it is walking on the board, instead of only when it is swimming.
- Speedrun mode now always resets your run when you start instead of only when in act 1 or 2.
Bugfixes
- Fixed an exploit where playing with a wide game window allowed players to grab the duck before it became active. (Thank you Phoenix Flare!)
- Gifts of knowledge now also trigger when being dropped while there is already another piece on the same tile. (Thank you Muu!)
- Fixed an issue where other rule breaks were ignored by the system when moving a gift.
- Fixed an issue where other rule breaks were ignored by the system when moving a castle.
- Fixed an issue where other rule breaks were ignored by the system when capturing the king with a queen.
That's all for now. Have fun playing!
- Finn
Hi again,
It seems the Mac build got broken after previous update. There seemed to be an issue with the troll dialog box being unable to load dialog from the localization system. After recompiling the game again the issue fixed itself?
Sorry to all users who were impacted by this! If the issue persists please let me know and I will investigate it as soon as possible.
Thank you for your continued support <3
- Finn
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It seems the Mac build got broken after previous update. There seemed to be an issue with the troll dialog box being unable to load dialog from the localization system. After recompiling the game again the issue fixed itself?
Sorry to all users who were impacted by this! If the issue persists please let me know and I will investigate it as soon as possible.
Thank you for your continued support <3
- Finn
Hello everyone!
Wow! The response has been incredibile the last few days and you all have blown me away with how quick you were to solve the endings / achievements. Thank you so much for all the feedback and questions as well!
That said, I updated a few things to make the game even better (hopefully?!)
Additions
Bugfixes
That's all for now. Have fun playing!
- Finn
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Wow! The response has been incredibile the last few days and you all have blown me away with how quick you were to solve the endings / achievements. Thank you so much for all the feedback and questions as well!
That said, I updated a few things to make the game even better (hopefully?!)
Additions
- Made the time until the goose spawns shorter.
- Added accessibility option to disable screenshake.
- Moved the secret pages in act 2 slightly so there would be less distance between them. (Even though it may look like it, I don't actually want players to search the bridge for hours.)
- Added visual display of which act the player is currently in, to avoid confusion with certain achievements.
Bugfixes
- Fixed an issue where 101 leaderboard entries would show, instead of 100.
- Fixed an issue where slipped pieces would visually not stand upright after the troll would help them up.
- Fixed an issue where the accusation confirmation button would grow. (I do not want it to grow, why did it do that.)
That's all for now. Have fun playing!
- Finn
Localization
After two long weeks I've finally added the tools for localization. Currently the game is only playable in english and (now) dutch. But I'm hoping to add a few more language options later down the line. You can adjust the language in the Text section of the settings.
Additions
Reworks
Fixes
Thats all for now, have fun!
- Finn
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After two long weeks I've finally added the tools for localization. Currently the game is only playable in english and (now) dutch. But I'm hoping to add a few more language options later down the line. You can adjust the language in the Text section of the settings.
Additions
- Added Localization Support.
- Added Dutch Localization.
- Added ROCKET option to SPEEDCHESS MODE.
- Added sand particles to hourglass displayed in SPEEDCHESS MODE.
- Added reactive cursor.
- Added (small) suprise when you 100% the game.
- Added another easteregg.
- Added "Title Drop" Achievement.
Reworks
- Reworked some achievement icons.
- Reworked troll AI so he uses a certain tactic involving towers less.
Fixes
- Fixed a crash when clicking on the goose.
- Fixed a crash when closing the rulebook during accusation confirmation screen.
Thats all for now, have fun!
- Finn
Additions
Goodduck luck!
- Finn
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- Added fourth ending
- Added "Animality!" Achievement
Good
- Finn
Additions
Good luck.
- Finn
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- Added another ending
- Added "The Great Beyond" Achievement
Good luck.
- Finn
Table of Contents
The rulebook is starting to look a little more like a real book with it's very own TOC. By clicking on a "content" link you are instantly send to the correct rule page.
This function was mainly added after feedback that searching for rules could be annoying. It is also entirely optional!
Additions
Fixes
Have fun!
Finn
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The rulebook is starting to look a little more like a real book with it's very own TOC. By clicking on a "content" link you are instantly send to the correct rule page.
This function was mainly added after feedback that searching for rules could be annoying. It is also entirely optional!
Additions
- Added Table of contents
- Added Tutorial
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where a second flash would take place after moving a gift on top of the king.
- Fixed an issue where the Bookworm achievement would not register correctly.
Have fun!
Finn
Reworks
Fixes
That's all for now! Have fun!
- Finn
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- Speedrun timer now resets when you load into the game so you don't have to delete your savefile anymore. (Except when you load to ACT III)
- Altruist & Slay Queen achievements now also trigger when you move a gift of knowledge onto instead of the corresponding piece.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where troll dialogue got instantly skipped during the rematch dialog.
- Fixed an issue where the To Infinity! achievement would trigger during ACT I & III.
That's all for now! Have fun!
- Finn
Feature Description
If you turn this feature on, an hourglass will appear in game. During your turn you will have three incremented seconds before the hourglass starts running*. If the hourglass is empty you instantly lose the game.
*the hourglass will be paused during turn effects, accusation events and troll dialog.
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Enabling
You can now turn on SPEED CHESS MODE in the settings tab; GAME.
This setting has four options:
OFF
This is the default setting and will disable the new feature.
RAPID
You have 15 minutes before time runs out.
BLITZ
You have 3 minutes before time runs out.
BULLET
You have 1 minute before time runs out.
Well that's all. Have fun!
- Finn
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If you turn this feature on, an hourglass will appear in game. During your turn you will have three incremented seconds before the hourglass starts running*. If the hourglass is empty you instantly lose the game.
*the hourglass will be paused during turn effects, accusation events and troll dialog.
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Enabling
You can now turn on SPEED CHESS MODE in the settings tab; GAME.
This setting has four options:
OFF
This is the default setting and will disable the new feature.
RAPID
You have 15 minutes before time runs out.
BLITZ
You have 3 minutes before time runs out.
BULLET
You have 1 minute before time runs out.
Well that's all. Have fun!
- Finn
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Uploaded Mar 29, 2025
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System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
Intel Core I3
RAM
4 GB RAM
GPU
Geforce GT 710 1GB+
How to Install
1
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2
Extract the .RAR file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run King of the Bridge.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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Size
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Build
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