Hear ye hear ye!

Are gyou ready for the battle? A fight has commenced, and gnomers can't be choosers. In this knitted gnome knock out, it takes a gnome to knome. 

Play against your friends, some of my best friends are gnomes! Chess that progressively gets sillier as tiles and pieces gain unexplained abilities as time goes on. Grab the mystery tile effects before your gnopponent to secure your victory. What do the abilities do? gno one gnomes... 

"The most excitement I've had since I left my lawn job."

Acgnowledgments 

Coltrain 
Cesium Salami 
LaTapa 
the_Krish 
CrabRangoon
Emily

This is a game for major jam 7.