Battle of Xia

The game

Three heroes. Three towers. One winner.

A one-on-one battle on a board of 240 hexes. Each player drafts three heroes out of twelve, and you take turns activating them — move, strike, cast — until one side has lost all three of its towers.

Draft your three

Twelve heroes, each with a stat line of its own. Ban one, then pick in turns — your pick order is your activation order.

Decisions, not luck

No dice and no misses. Before you commit, the game shows you exactly what your move, attack or spell will do.

A secret hand

Each player brings a 20-card spell deck. Your opponent sees how many cards you hold — never which ones.

Towers that fight back

Three towers per side shoot any enemy who stops near them. Topple all three on the other side to win.

The match-up screen: three heroes on each side and the board between them — Blue against red: three heroes a side, and the 20 × 12 board between them.

How it plays

From the first ban to the last tower

How a match plays today. Numbers may still change while the game is balanced.

IThe draft

A coin toss decides who opens. Each player bans one hero, then you pick in a snake — A, B, B, A, A, B — until each side has three.
10 seconds per step. Run out of time and the game chooses for you.
Your heroes enter the board in pick order — and whoever picked first moves second, every round.

The draft screen with banned and picked heroes — Lyra and Hexia are banned; Sable, Gorrak, Kairos and Vesper are already in.

IIThe round

Players take turns one hero at a time — blue, red, blue, red — in draft order. Every hero acts once per round, with 30 seconds on the clock.
A hero moves as far as its movement allows, in as many steps as you like, and makes one attack — before, between or after the moves. Or pass.
One unit per hex: heroes and towers block the way.

A match in round 1, seen from above — Round 1, Vesper's turn. Your spells wait at the bottom; each side's towers, in the corners.

IIIThe towers

Three towers a side, 15 HP each. A tower watches every hex within 2 of it.
An enemy hero that ends a move, an attack or a spell in that area takes 3 damage — once per activation. A shield absorbs it first.
Walking through without stopping is safe, and the long-range heroes — the Archer, the Warlock and the Ballista — can siege from outside its reach.

Every hit lands

Range counts in hexes, with no line of sight and no dice: the damage comes straight off the target's HP, and the game shows the exact result before you click.

The fallen return

A hero at 0 HP leaves the board and comes back with full HP after 1 or 2 full rounds, depending on the hero. Spells can bring it back sooner — or keep it out longer.

Victory

Destroy all three enemy towers — by attack or by spell — and the battle is won on the spot.

The heroes

Twelve heroes, one squad of three

Every hero has a stat line of its own — movement, health, damage, range, and how long it stays out when it falls. Names and numbers may still change while the game is balanced.

Vesper

Fighter

Move: 4
HP: 10
Dmg: 3
Range: 1
Out: 1

Brenna

Guardian

Move: 3
HP: 14
Dmg: 3
Range: 1
Out: 2

Lyra

Archer

Move: 3
HP: 8
Dmg: 3
Range: 3
Out: 1

Zephyr

Scout

Move: 5
HP: 7
Dmg: 2
Range: 1
Out: 1

Kairos

Mage

Move: 3
HP: 9
Dmg: 4
Range: 2
Out: 1

Gorrak

Colossus

Move: 2
HP: 16
Dmg: 4
Range: 1
Out: 2

Fenrik

Hunter

Move: 4
HP: 8
Dmg: 2
Range: 2
Out: 1

Morvath

Lancer

Move: 3
HP: 11
Dmg: 3
Range: 2
Out: 2

Sable

Assassin

Move: 4
HP: 9
Dmg: 4
Range: 1
Out: 1

Hexia

Warlock

Move: 3
HP: 7
Dmg: 5
Range: 3
Out: 2

Aldric

Knight

Move: 4
HP: 12
Dmg: 2
Range: 1
Out: 1

Celeste

Ballista

Move: 2
HP: 10
Dmg: 3
Range: 4
Out: 2

Move hexes per activation · HP health · Dmg damage per attack · Range in hexes, 1 is melee · Out full rounds off the board after falling

The spells

A secret hand

Every player brings a deck of 20 spells. You start with three cards when the draft ends, draw one more each round and hold up to five. There is no mana: a hero casts one spell per activation, on top of its move and its attack, in any order.

Your hand is secret — your opponent only sees how many cards you hold.
A spell you cast is revealed and goes to the discard pile, open to both players.
When your deck runs out, the discard pile is shuffled back in.
Range counts from the hero who casts, with no line of sight. A fallen hero cannot cast.