Cross the water.
Take the strongholds.
Build your island, train an army, launch canoes and capture your rivals' strongholds while defending your own. Play two to five players, every player for themselves or in alliances. Every match is refereed by the arena canister: equal start, no paid boosts, your progress stays safe if you refresh.
Your identity
Getting you ready to play…
No sign-in needed: a guest identity is kept on this device, so come back to a running match from the same browser. Signing in with Internet Identity is optional and lets you return to your matches from any device. Your name is shown to the other players; your principal is not.
Pick up where you left off
Match
Waiting for more players…
- Players
- 1 / 2
- Teams
- Free for all
- Preparation
- 5:00
- Time limit
- None
- Visibility
- Public
- Rules
- Standard rules
Share the game ID with friends. Players on the same team are allies: they share what they see and win together. Everyone presses ready, then the host starts; empty seats are left out. If you lose connection, return here to rejoin your seat.
Host a game
Public games
Public games with free seats appear here. Press Join game to take a seat; no game ID needed.
Join with a game ID
Public games appear in the Public games list with a Join button. A game ID is only needed for private games.
What a match looks like.
How a match works
- Prepare. Every player starts with a stronghold, six citizens and the same supplies on their own island. Build homes, foragers, timber camps and quarries beside connected paths.
- Arm. A war camp trains club warriors, an archery range trains slingers and a healer lodge trains herbalists. Each soldier takes one citizen, so grow your population first.
- Sail. A coastal dock builds reed canoes that carry eight troops. Press Launch invasion once the preparation period ends: troops board, the canoe sails to the enemy shore and the camera follows them ashore.
- Win. Capture every enemy stronghold, or hold out until they surrender. Allies share sight and win together. Watchtowers and held troops defend your own coast.
Controls at a glance
- Build. Open Build, pick a card and click your island beside a connected path. Drag Paths from the stronghold ring; every building needs a path.
- Gatherers. You start with two. Select them and right-click or tap a tree for wood or a rock for stone; they carry loads back to the stronghold. Recruit more by tapping the stronghold.
- Troops. Military recruits warriors, slingers and herbalists. Command troops: drag a box to select, right-click or tap to move or attack, Hold to defend. Slingers keep their distance from warriors on their own.
- Invasion. Build a canoe dock on the coast, then a reed canoe. After the preparation timer, press Launch invasion: troops board, the canoe sails, the camera follows and your troops land beside the enemy stronghold.
- Teams. Players on one team are allies: they share sight, cannot hurt each other and win together. Everyone else is an enemy. Pick teams in the lobby before pressing ready.
- Leaving. Leave and keep your seat to return later, or forfeit to drop out and start another game. Players away ten minutes can be removed by anyone still playing.
The arena canister validates every build, recruitment, movement and attack and only shows you what your team's troops and buildings can see. Refreshing the page or losing connection never erases a settlement. A player absent for ten minutes can be removed by anyone still playing.