How to Play
Goal
Each kingdom fights to seize the throne of the arena. Win one of two ways:
- Crown Victory — escort your King to collect 3 Crowns.
- Elimination Victory — be the last kingdom with a living King.
The board & your pieces
The coliseum is a hexagonal arena of equilateral triangles. Two triangles are adjacent when they share an edge. Each kingdom enters from a Gate triangle where its King begins.
- King — moves 1 triangle. Only the King can pick up Crowns. If your King dies, your kingdom is eliminated.
- Knight — moves 2 triangles (3 once upgraded). Your army.
Turns, movement & combat
- At the start of your turn you automatically spawn a Knight (until you have 5 on the board, up to 10 total).
- You then make one move: march a formation of up to 3 pieces along connected triangles.
- A formation moves at the speed of its slowest member; a group containing the King moves 1.
- Power equals the number of pieces in a formation. Attacking a tile is only legal if your Power is greater than or equal to the defenders' Power.
- When you defeat a formation containing an enemy King, that whole kingdom is eliminated.
Relics of the arena
Crown
Only a King may claim it. Collect 3 to win.
Horse
Grants 2 bonus moves this turn.
Shield
A Knight that reaches it upgrades itself — it can block one attack.
Boat
Immediately spawn an extra Knight.
A moving formation always stops when it reaches a relic it can claim. Crowns, Shields and Boats reappear elsewhere after being taken; the Horse returns at the end of your turn.
Upgraded Knights
A Knight upgraded by a Shield moves 3 triangles and can block a single attack: instead of dying, it loses its upgrade and the attack is halted — unless the attacking formation also contains an upgraded Knight, which pierces the shield.