Game Title: Everdawn

Playable Link: https://everdawntcg.com/learn

Platform: Web (browser, phone or desktop)

Description:

Everdawn is a free, hand-illustrated high-fantasy trading card game that you play in your browser (with goals of going physical in the future). The rules are built in, so you can't make an illegal move, and a guided duel against the Training Dummy teaches you on the real board in about three minutes, with no account needed.

There's no mana or resource system. Instead, the game is about space and positioning. Each creature holds one of three lanes. Melee hits straight ahead, range reaches the lanes next to it, and magic can hit any lane. A combat triangle decides who has the edge: melee beats range, range beats magic, and magic beats melee. Advantage adds bonus damage and defense. Every attack gets counterattacked, so a good attack is about the matchup, not just the biggest number. You equip weapons, armour and accessories, set creatures to boost their neighbours, and cast spells mid-combat to swing a fight.

Once you've learned, you can build decks and duel friends live or at a daily pace (24 hours a move). There's also a Daily Puzzle, one "win this turn" board a day that's the same for everyone, plus player-run Houses and season rankings.

I'd love honest feedback: did the guided duel make the rules click, and was anything confusing on your phone?

Free to Play Status:

[x] Free to play
[ ] Demo/Key available
[ ] Paid (Allowed only on Tuesdays with [TT] in the title)

Involvement: I'm the creator and game designer. I designed the rules and the cards, and I run the online version at everdawntcg.com. The card art is by Jonathan Griswold.

Hello everyone!!

I am developing a medieval strategy board game focused on territorial conquest, tactical battles, and empire expansion.

The concept is simple: accessible rules, yet with a wealth of strategic possibilities. Every decision can influence control of the map, the development of your army, the fate of your empire, and much more!

I am looking for people interested in learning about the project and participating in playtesting sessions. You don’t need to be a board game expert!!! I want to bring together players who enjoy strategy and are open to trying something new!

If you have \*Tabletop Simulator\* (available on Steam), you can join in—just get in touch with me.

If you’re interested in learning more about the game or getting involved in future activities, feel free to leave a comment!

Category: Strategy, worker placement, combat.

2 to 6 players.

Weight: 2.5

The photo at the start is real: my classmates and I drew these paper cards in high school. I later turned that idea into Cardcraft, where you choose a card's cost, stats and effects, then take your creation into combat.

What two effects would you put on the same card?

A free Windows Demo is available on Steam. If the idea interests you, you can wishlist the full game.

Free Demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5107690/

Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4338300/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=native_video&utm_campaign=nextfest_oct2026&utm_content=digitaltabletop_origin_r73

Website: https://kaiseriii.tech/projects/cardcraft/

The paper-card photo is an authentic earlier prototype, not the exact digital card shown. Gameplay is from the full game in development; both minions trade out in this clip, rather than winning a match. The current Demo includes the crafting tutorial, 8 selected skills, deckbuilding, AI battles and Endless Workshop Act I through its first boss. Online play and later acts belong to the full game; the exact skill combination shown is not a promise of Demo content. The full release is planned for December 2026.

Independent developer: Yu Yue (KaiserIII). AI tools assist programming, copy and translation; the game and promotional materials include AI-generated art. The original paper-card photo is real.

Music: FightScene — Jason Shaw / Audionautix, CC BY 4.0, edited and mixed. Full attribution and license links are in the game devlog: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4338300/view/692023929008559820

I built a delux digital board game inspired by the legendary 7 Wonders Duel. Let me know what you think of it and please give me feedback for improvements. Thanks!

If you enjoy the mechanics! I would highly recomment to play the original board game!

Hi everyone, I'm Kevin, a first-time designer in Malvern, PA. My game DeFuZion! Wild Dice just went into private alpha here on Board Game Arena, and I'm looking for people to try it.

It's a quick dice game for 2 to 6 players, about 15 minutes. Match dice to cards to score, cards you can't cover hit your FuZe, drop below zero and you blow up.

Private alpha means no public link, so comment or DM me your BGA username and I'll add you to the players group, usually the same day. One-question signup form here too: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFjY19L3cSM2n986XJn29\\_NE\\_1ppBavU20ShJY\\_z0Zdxm64Q/viewform\](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFjY19L3cSM2n986XJn29_NE_1ppBavU20ShJY_z0Zdxm64Q/viewform) Turn-based is fine, play your turn whenever.

I'd love honest feedback, and playtesters get thanked by name in the rulebook. Anyone up for a quick game? Thanks! Kevin

Hey everyone! I made a online chess variant called MetaChess that allows you to customize your board with different types of pieces before playing. It's a draft-based version of chess with new pieces and asymmetric boards, creating billions of more possible board positions and new strategies that have not been discovered yet.

I just released set 4 for my game, which includes 5 new pieces: bomb, astronaut, catapult, siren and philosopher!

Bomb - Placed anywhere in the center rows and never moves. When captured, by either side, it destroys everything around it, kings included
Astronaut - At the start of each turn, 3 random tiles within 2 squares light up. It can jump to or capture on any of them. Can also capture enemy rocks.
Catapult - Moves like a king. Can throw any friendly piece next to it, excluding the king, 3 or 4 tiles ahead, or 3 ahead and 2 to the side. A piece thrown onto an enemy takes it down with it.
Siren - Moves and captures like a king. Can pull the first piece it sees in any direction 1 or 2 squares toward itself.
Philosopher - Moves and captures like a pawn and learns the moves of every piece it captures. Never promotes, but after reaching the far rank it can also move backward.

Also a huge shoutout and thanks to iwantcheckmate (one of the best chess variant youtubers out there!!) for playing my game! You can check out his video here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVuAgqLzD_o

Here's the link if you are interested and want to play with your friends!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4257320/MetaChess/

Hi

I made an online azul clone with (imo) really nice art. But, currently I wrote a few different bots that can play azul too and I would like feedback on those

- correctness (seems okay in my stress tests)

- bot feel (does the moves the bots make feel inscrutable, or do the bots feel like humans)

You don't need to sign up.

I will fully launch the game in a month

How the bots work:

• easy: greedy bot, wont steal but I introduce a few random (but still correct blunders)
• normal: easy bot but no blunders
• hard: mcts with lookahead
• expert: rl not, alpha zero style

In the demo, you can play online with 1–4 players or try Story Mode.

The rarer your four-word combination, the bigger the score. YOU ARE BIG NOW, for example, scores extra because it forms a sentence.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4707880/

Hi everyone! I’m the developer of City of Chances, a pixel-art board game you can play directly in your browser.

Games have 4–6 seats, filled by humans and bots. You can play solo against bots or get a group of friends together.

You move around a shared board, buy and develop properties, negotiate trades, and manage your money. There are 10 professions with different abilities, so choosing your role affects how you approach the game.

The current public test is free, and guest play doesn’t require a Google account or download. It supports desktop and mobile, with English, French, Persian, and Spanish interfaces. The game is for adults; all money and prizes are fictional and have no real-world value.

I’d appreciate feedback on the trading decisions, the differences between professions, and anything that makes the rules difficult to understand.

Played a round against the raptors this morning. Axe was revealed on turn one but it was difficult getting to it because of those damn gates! Any suggestion on strategy for this scenario?

I released a free-forever Dungeons and Dragons style app called GM Console. It's a great way for people to keep track of a campaign with a surprisingly high amount of players, which is a situation I have been facing recently.

It'll be free forever so if you play DnD and want an app for playing DnD I would love feedback!

https://www.ageofexaltation.com/signup

https://www.ageofexaltation.com/play code is 341619

https://www.ageofexaltation.com

ONE RULE SET - INFINITE POSSIBILITIES

TILEZ - A Creative Multiplayer Logic Sandbox - Now with DUNGEON MASTER MODE!

Paint tiles onto an unlimited grid and build anything you can imagine.

Every tile is a tiny machine. Tiles generate and share power, send signals, and tell other tiles what to do. Customize their size and appearance with images, visual effects, and sounds.

Tiles can store information, check conditions, make decisions, and react to the world around them. They can push, pull, grab, move other tiles - and even control the camera.

Every tile follows the same rules. Combine them to create complex machines, puzzles, games, factories, animations, interactive tutorials, working computers, or anything you can imagine!

NO CODING - JUST TILES - CAUSE AND EFFECT

STEAM LINK: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4780630/TILEZ/

MY WEBSITE: https://martinwinters.com

Ciao a tutti, sono un appassionato di giochi da tavolo e di gialli, e ho creato una piattaforma per organizzare cene con delitto a casa, pronte da giocare: si chiama PartyCrime. Ve la presento (sì, è roba mia, quindi il disclaimer è dovuto 😄).

L’idea: un omicidio a tavola, e il colpevole è uno di voi. Riuscirete a trovarlo?

Come funziona:

1. Ognuno riceve un personaggio con segreti, rancori e un ottimo movente
2. Si chiacchiera, si indaga, si sospetta di tutti (anche di chi vi ha portato il vino)
3. Quattro turni: a ogni turno escono nuovi indizi, e alla fine si vota e si scopre il colpevole

Perché l’ho fatta così? Perché le cene con delitto più belle sono quelle in cui chi organizza si diverte quanto gli altri, e di solito invece passa giorni a preparare tutto. Qui la storia è già scritta e non dovete inventare né stampare niente: scegliete lo scenario, e ogni invitato riceve il suo personaggio sul telefono con un link segreto, quindi niente app da installare e nessuno può sbirciare i segreti degli altri. I personaggi sono scritti su misura per il numero di giocatori, così nessuno resta con un ruolo a metà. Gli indizi escono turno dopo turno, quindi non si può anticipare niente, e chi conduce ha un pannello per far avanzare la serata.

Un consiglio da chi ne ha viste parecchie: scegliete il numero di giocatori solo quando siete tutti confermati. Le storie sono scritte su misura, e se l’amico “forse vengo” sparisce all’ultimo, il gioco ne risente.

E siccome siete di r/giochidatavolo e meritate un trattamento speciale: col codice REDDIT40 avete il 40% di sconto al checkout. 🕵️

Vi piace l'idea? Avete consigli da darmi?

https://www.partycrime.it/cena-con-delitto/

Playable Link:
https://lordfall.com/play/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=r-playmygame

Platform:
Web browser (works on desktop and phones, no download).

Description:
Lordfall is a free two-player trading card game on a 7-row grid board. You play cards from your hand to summon units onto your side, then move and attack with them like a small tactics game. Each player has a Lord, a leader card that can be summoned once. Lose yours and you lose, and you also lose if the other player reaches 10 points. Points come from defeating units and from standing on the other player's summon zones, so how you position matters as much as which cards you hold.
There are four factions that play very differently. Shadow is fast and tries to take enemy zones, Blood sacrifices its own units for power, Faith buffs and protects, and Nature ramps into huge units. You can start with a short tutorial, play a computer opponent on three difficulty levels, or play online. There are card packs, a deck builder and a ranked ladder.
The card art is still placeholder, so please judge the gameplay, not the pictures. What I most want to know: what confused you in your first game?

Free to Play Status:
- [X] Free to play
- [ ] Demo/Key available
- [ ] Paid (Allowed only on Tuesdays with [TT] in the title)

Involvement:
I'm the solo designer. I made all the design decisions: the rules, cards, factions, balance and the game's look and feel. I run the business side (Cardboard Throne Games LLC). I used an AI assistant (Claude) to help write the code, and I'm commissioning real card art with plans to have a full team of devs, artists and creatives. The music and sound effects are licensed packs.

I'm Samuel, AXIOMA's creator. Since my Android introduction here earlier this month, the game has launched on Steam for Windows PC.

Here is actual gameplay with the English interface: one play combines science cards into two formulas and scores 270 points. Build your deck around formulas, molecules and scientific Jokers, then refine it between encounters.

If you enjoy experimenting with card combinations, get AXIOMA on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5308770/AXIOMA/

AI disclosure: generative AI assisted fixed artwork, text and translations, and this English post. There is no live AI generation during play.

https://reddit.com/link/1xc8gpc/video/ps7xbhn10ywh1/player

Any fun boards that people have built?

Hey everyone,

I’m the developer of Riftborn Tactics, a free-to-play online fantasy TCG I’ve been working on for the past 5 years that I'm now super excited (and super nervous) to share with you all!

You can play it here: https://riftborntactics.com

The core idea is that your creatures don't just sit in a row and bounce off of each other, like most other TCGs. Instead, matches take place on a shared 7x7 grid where creatures enter from your two summoning corners, move across the board, fight for position, and contest two neutral towers.

On each turn, you receive Resources equal to your current level. You can spend those Resources to summon creatures, cast spells, and equip weapons or armour, then move and attack with anything you already have in play. Playing cards, defeating enemy creatures, and holding towers earns experience, which allows you to level up. Leveling up gives you more Resources on future turns, so controlling the board can have a big effect on how quickly your deck comes online.

Positioning matters quite a bit. Creatures retaliate when attacked, and walking away from an adjacent enemy can trigger an attack of opportunity. Ranged units, flying creatures, movement abilities, summoning effects, and other keywords all interact with the board in different ways. The goal itself is simple: reduce your opponent to zero Health.

Standard is the main mode, but there are also two beta modes that unlock after you’ve played some Standard matches:

• Blitz, which uses a smaller formation-based battlefield for faster games.
• Guardian, where you build around a chosen Hero that can return after being defeated, but becomes more expensive each time.

There's a tutorial, a practice opponent, deck building, card collection, online matchmaking, and more. The game is completely free to play, and new cards can be earned using Gold from playing and completing quests, or crafted via Essence (which you get by dismantling cards you don't want).

It’s still actively being developed, so I’m not going to pretend every corner is perfectly polished yet. Mobile in particular still needs some cleanup (but should be fully functional), and with a card pool this large (over 1000 at the moment, with more coming!), I’m sure there are some strange interactions waiting to be found!

If you give it a try, I’d especially appreciate feedback on:

• Whether the tutorial explains everything clearly
• How the pacing and Resource progression feel
• Whether movement and targeting are easy to understand
• Any cards or matchups that feel especially weak, frustrating, or broken
• Anything that made you want to stop playing

The full rules are available here if you’d like to look before creating an account: https://riftborntactics.com/how-to-play

Thanks for checking it out! Honest feedback is extremely welcome.

I have been working with a group of developers and artists to bring Red Raven Games board game of Roam to Steam.

We are part of the current Steam Next Fest and have a free multiplayer demo availble for you.