Edit 10/14/2025- The game has been abandoned. You can no longer login to play
TLDR: A well done blend of Deckbuilding and Autobattler (Auto Chess, TFT, etc.) with enough content for hours of fun and a great price.
Why buy this game over other deckbuilders or autobattlers?
This game blends both of them really well to make a a fun and interesting experience with the already enjoyable experience from both genres we know and love.
Gameplay:
Deckbuilding- You start off with a rotating set of free "commanders" that have a special effect (more on this later). Once you have chosen a commander, you then do your usual: select cards (units) you wish to purchase from a random set of cards with the amount of money you have and either place them on your bench or on your field in 7 different areas. If you don't want to purchase anything, you can chose to level up which adds higher ranking cards based on your level (up to 6) to the card pool and also gives you more cards to choose from. Once you have spent all your money(none of it carries over to the next round), you end your turn(campaign), time runs out (PvP) and then battle it out. Repeat. Every triple copy of a card you buy will combine to an upgraded version of the same card and will also drop a chess that gives you a choice of three random cards to chose one from for free. Build a deck and battle it out until your opponent (or you) hits zero life points!
-There are currently 5 different factions (as of June 2024): Prairie (Mongolian-like), Koyokujitsu (Japanese-like mixed with Alien), Ashen Wolves (Roman-like with some wolves), Elk Haven (elves and ents), and Neutral which can benefit itself or the other factions. The factions and MANY different abilities and keywords allow for quite the list of experimentation with different builds within the factions themselves, or mixing them all together.
-There are currently 66 different commanders, each with their own effect which varies your builds even more and makes for great replayability.
Auto Battler- You will also notice that each card has a unit type (Infantry, Cavalry, Archer, Hero). Once you have bought a card, you can place it on your bench or put it onto your field. There are three rows in front and four in the back (see pictures above). It is recommended, but not required, to have three infantry in front, archers in the back middle, and cavalry on the sides. You will also notice that each card has a power value that calculates stats of the card (HP, Attack, Attack Speed, and Range) multiplied with the base amount of units the card contains (1, 2, 3, etc). all units on your field will have their own power value (so you can see which has the most) and a total value in the upper left. Once you end your turn (campaign mode) or the time runs out (PvP) your field and the current positions battle it out in real time (like the mentioned Total War games) against your opponent, with the current collective power values of each player as a bar going down to 0 as units are lost. You have no control over the units, so positioning beforehand is VERY important. There is a rock-papers-scissors battle system (infantry beats cavalry, cavalry beats archers, archers, beat infantry, Hero is an all rounder) so positioning your units on your field beforehand will be key to a successful win over your opponent. You may have a higher power value, but can still lose to poorly positioned units.
Positives and Negatives:
Positives:
-enough content to have fun for many hours mixing and matching
-excellent replayability
-responsive developer, keen on input and open to ideas
-Campaign, Solo, or Duo modes with a ranking system for each
-nice graphics
-very few bugs encountered
-in game wiki and roster suggestions to get started
Neutral:
-unlocking commanders-takes quite awhile to get the gold coins completing daily quests and playing the game. I kind of like it as it gives some progression and you can specifically chose what commanders you want in your commander pool to randomly choose from besides the free ones, but I can also see a possible argument of some commanders are better than others and whoever gets them wins. I don't know of any micro transaction plans for the game, but if it gets implemented in the future, I could see this being a stronger argument.
Negatives:
-Some translation issues can make card explanations a bit confusing, but for the most part, it is easy to figure out with the wiki
-UI could use some work. More features, better organization of where things are located, QoL stuff, etc
-Unit pathing could use some work
-Few people playing-which is to be expected of a hidden gem just released, but it can be frustrating to just play against bots in the PvP modes. At least you can play against the AI roughly every 30 seconds of waiting. This alone may be the deal breaker for people, so hold off or join in and get more people to play.
You can also join the Discord and ask questions if you are undecided.
Overall rating 7/10 with potential for 9/10 with more people and future updates/additions to the game
