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A living strategy world

Command the ring.
Outlast the tide.

Raise your host, read the changing ground, and hold the Banner while the sea redraws the battlefield around you.

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No downloadThree CommandsEvery map changes
N 23° 15′ · W 42° 14′
A Bannerfall match with Emberward and Tidebound hosts facing across the Cinder Basin
THE CINDER BASIN · TURN 05

Field notes / closed beta

The first ring opens.

Bannerfall is entering closed beta. Confirmed closed beta testers will receive 5,000 Gold on their Bannerfall passport to explore the Armoury, try the living battlefield, and help shape what ships next.

Gold is game currency with no cash value. Beta access and the reward are confirmed through the tester list before the grant is issued.

Closed beta reward

5,000

Gold per confirmed tester

Check your passport

Match chronicle

A battle in four moves.

Watch one ring move from first claim to final Banner. Select any moment to inspect the battlefield at full scale.

Turn one of a Bannerfall match with legal expansion squares glowing around the Emberward capital
TURN 01 · OPENING LINEThe first order opens a line toward the Banner. Every glowing square is a legal choice.
Showing First Command

Your turn, distilled

Three Commands. One Banner.

The rules stay readable so the decisions can run deep. Every turn asks the same sharp question: take ground, protect it, or break theirs?

  1. 01ExpandClaim open ground and stretch your line toward the Banner.
  2. 02FortifyTurn exposed territory into a stronghold that can hold the tide.
  3. 03RaidBreak a rival position and change the shape of the front.
EmberwardPressure the shore
TideboundTurn patience into ground
225engine invariantsMeasured in the game's own test suite
666server & security testsMeasured in the game's own test suite
200matches per balance runMeasured in the game's own test suite

The Drowned Atlas

The ring is waiting.

No download. No install. Enter the atlas, choose your orders, and let the next battle write itself.

Enter Bannerfall