Block a killing blow, then kill the attacker on your next turn.

Blocked and Loaded

Kill 3 or more champions with one AoE action.

Collateral Damage

Double Down

First Blood

Win 10 matches without losing a single champion.

Flawless

Win a match using fewer than the maximum number of champions allowed.

Minimalist

Win a match using 5 or more copies of the same champion.

Mirror Match

Win a match using only one class of units.

Mono Class

Win a match with only one champion remaining.

One vs All

Play a match where one of your units blocked 5 or more attacks.

Perfect Shield

Have a construct land the final blow of the match.

Stand In

Stasis Victory

Veteran

Win a match without blocking a single attack.

No Block, No Problem

Witness an Abyss Monster spawn during a match.

Eyes of the Abyss

Win a match and claim the Abyss Monster that spawned.

Caged the Horror

Have an Abyss Monster land the final blow of the match.

Echo of the Void

Athelan Battlegrounds is a turn-based, tactics PvP game for those who care about player skill above all. Join intergalactic champions in a retro-futuristic arena as they fight for the fate of their planets against contenders from across the cosmos. Every choice matters, and the winner takes all!

DISCLAIMER This version of the game is a demo meant to showcase the gameplay in its current state of development. Expect bugs and regular updates as we continue to develop content and champions based on player feedback!*************************************Athelan Battlegrounds is a free-to-play, turn-based tactics game with no meta progression and no pay-to-win. It's a game made for players who thrive in a skill-based competitive environment. A game that promises to be easy to learn but incredibly difficult to master! Build your team of champions and engage in unique matches against players or AI!STORYWar was once absolute. Civilizations rose and fell. Entire worlds, brimming with unrealized potential, snuffed out all because another world was lucky enough to have evolved early. Survival wasn't due to ingenuity or persistence, but simply due to who built their war machines first. That was before the Veyrathi intervened.​Before they became the architects of the Cosmic Law, they were scientists, explorers, dreamers. Similar to most other intelligent life across the stars. They were a species consumed by the pursuit of knowledge. In their insatiable hunger for progress, they pushed the boundaries of technology and magic to a point where they could significantly impact the fate of worlds. That realization came with a choice: They could claim all of it or... they could impose order on the chaos they had witnessed across the great weave of the universe. They chose the latter.​No more would worlds be lost to senseless war, their destinies decided by which world got to its arms first. If a planet wished for dominance over another, it would have to battle for it.​And so, the ambitious beings from planet Veyros created the Athelan Battlegrounds: An arena where worlds are lost and gained through trial by combat. Where the fate of whole civilizations is decided by a single match. Champions fight in place of armies and the result determines the future.​If a civilization wishes to take over another, it must challenge it. The defending world has but two choices: yield a champion and fight for their survival or lose their planet entirely.​One fight. That is all it takes.​To those who do not obey Cosmic Law, a quarter of their population is eliminated randomly. Their interstellar technology is dismantled, reducing them to the state of a primitive pre-spaceflight civilization.Those that are offered up as champions, whether through duty, threats, or misplaced loyalty, are never given the gift of freedom. They are bound to the battlegrounds, their names put on an eternal roster, waiting to be selected whenever a new war is waged.​Though prisoners of the system, their existence is far from miserable. The warriors of the battlegrounds reside in massive space stations, positioned in various locations throughout the universe. Monolithic facilities built to shelter warriors of all kinds. In these stations, champions live a life of luxury, learning, and unlimited possibilities. They can travel, train and explore the farthest reaches of the universe. Some wallow in wealth and hedonism, embracing their fate as admired fighters. Others roam the stars in search of meaning, trying to disregard that their next call could come at any moment. But they can never be free.​Deep within each champion lies an an implant, a complex marriage of magic and technology that ensures they are never beyond the grasp of the arena. No matter how far they travel, planets or timelines, when they are called to fight, the system tracks their signature and summons them. There is no hiding, no severing the bond.​The moment their name is called, they are to present themselves at the battlefields. To fail a call is to fare worse than death. None has ever been able to evade the system's grasp.​War is endless for those bound to the system. Who will you choose?​FEATURES INCLUDED IN THIS DEMO<ul class="bb_ul"><li>Two PvP game modes; 10v10 &amp; 5v5, each with a ranked and unranked option</li><li>Play against AI</li><li>Create your own teams in the board editor</li><li>Decorate your board however you like</li><li>Save multiple board layouts so you can quickly switch between teams</li><li>Edit your profile</li><li>Engage with the community in global chat channels</li></ul> NOTE FROM THE DEV​The goal of this game is to become a collaborative experience with the players so that together we can build a fun, fair and challenging competitive experience.​Barring cosmetic upgrades, this game will always be free to play with no pay-to-win. I'm making a game where fair competition is sacred. All champions will be purchasable with soft currency that everyone can earn. All cosmetics will be purely visual and will have no impact on player power. Some things may be sold as quality-of-life, such as extra editor pages, but nothing to gain an edge during gameplay.​TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE ARTWORK​While all artwork in the game is fully hand-drawn to bring the original design to life, some poses or design elements were based on AI references during early prototyping to speed up the revision/iteration process. Under no circumstance will we ever use direct GenAI outputs in our game as it can never replace real human artists.

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Athelan Battlegrounds Demo Achievements