Aetherdome

 # AETHERDOME

  **Hex-grid autobattler-tactics. Draft. Fuse. Position. Watch it play out.**

  A round is a decision, not a puzzle. Recruit a warband from eight rival factions. Fuse triples into elites. Slot units onto a hex board where flanks, chokes, and one-tile mistakes decide who's still standing

   when the timer hits zero. Then combat runs without you. You already gave your side everything it needed.

  Or you didn't.

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  ## The loop

  1. **Recruit** — Shop rotates every round. Draft across 8 factions and chase the synergies that unlock wins.

  2. **Fuse** — Three of a unit become one better one. Two 2-stars become a 3-star that reshapes the arena.

  3. **Position** — Where matters. Front-line eats. Back-line ranges. Flanks flank.

  4. **Fight** — Real-time combat resolves in seconds. You watch, you learn, you adapt.

  5. **Repeat until the dome has one champion.**

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  ## What's in it right now

  - 🏆 **Ranked ladder** — MMR-tracked seasons. Weekly leaderboards.

  - 🏛️ **90 units across 8 factions** — Crimson · Verdant · Onyx · Mercantile · Apex · Polychrome · Tundra · Iron. Each plays differently.

  - ⚔️ **Multiplayer queue** — Real players. Real time. Matches take ~10 minutes.

  - 🤖 **Practice mode** — Fight bots calibrated to your skill when you're testing a build.

  - 💀 **Endless survival** — One run. See how deep you can push.

  - 📜 **Daily quests + weekly challenges** — Small rewards for playing your way.

  - 🎮 **Play in browser. No download. No signup required.** Guest sessions save your MMR, unlocks, and match history automatically.

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  ## Made for

  Players who liked **Backpack Battles** but wanted deeper positioning. **TFT** players between meta patches. **Marvel Snap** enjoyers who want combat to actually happen. Anyone who thinks "just one more run"

  is a sentence, not a warning.

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  ## Early launch note

  Aetherdome is live and playable end-to-end. Servers are dedicated, matches are real (not simulated), and multiplayer works from the first click. The game is being built in the open — report bugs in the

  comments, drop feature requests, watch them ship. Devlog posts weekly.

  > **Play the game in your browser above.** Ranked, multiplayer, and practice all unlock the moment your guest session lands.