Warband Arena

Three pawns, three plain swords, and two scavengers in the way.

Bodies and steel are separate problems. Every pawn you recruit costs more than the last, and a pawn with nothing in its hands does not march. Weapons are bought, or taken off the people you beat — never more than half of what they were carrying.

Then you stand back.

Fights resolve themselves in a physics simulation with 27 weapons that each behave differently. A spear keeps you at the point and hurts whoever runs onto it. A shield turns blows from one side of the body only, so getting round it is a real plan. A riposte catches a swing mid-flight and spins its victim off balance. Reach wins most fights, which is exactly why reach is what costs.

Nothing here is a dice roll. The same warband against the same enemy plays out the same way every time — the fight is decided by what you brought, not by luck.

Eight rounds. Recruit, arm, and find out.

Built on the simulation behind the Loop Forge Arena shorts.