Emplacement

Emplacement is a turn-based strategy game where you place tiles to build regions, train soldiers and attack the enemy king before they reach yours. Close off a region to make it a farm that earns gold or a barracks that trains soldiers, then choose where to send your units.

Armies and combat

The game has six armies: Knights, Vikings, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Woodlan, each with its own units. Knights are available from the start; you earn gems in battle to unlock the others. Foot units beat Mounted, Mounted beat Ranged, and Ranged beat Foot. A counter hit deals double damage, and kills rank units up.

Campaigns and challenges

The branching campaign lets you choose your route across the map and earn an upgrade from each level. It includes orc, elf, dwarf and demon bosses, as well as zombie hordes. Hardcore Mode is a campaign of six boss battles. Survival, unlocked by completing the campaign, challenges you to hold out as long as possible and records scores on a Steam leaderboard.

Game modes

In Skirmish, you choose the armies and map size, then play against the CPU at Easy, Medium, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Local hotseat supports two players on one PC. Online 1v1 lets you invite a Steam friend or host a lobby that anyone can join, with a ranked leaderboard to track scores.

Tutorials

Four short tutorials teach the rules in a few minutes.