A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Storm Tower is anything but tiny. Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Storm Tower feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
