Become a God.
Forge Your Legend.
GODSGLOOM: A revolutionary mass-battle wargame. Epic scale on a compact table. Deep tactics for any collection, free from POWER CREEP.
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Tired of 4+ hour games?
That's why we built GODSGLOOM.
Compact Battlefield
The hex-grid delivers mass-battle scale to any kitchen table, where each Gloombase holds 1 to 4 models as a complete unit, turning every maneuver into a critical decision.
Intense Gameplay
Experience an entire epic battle in 60 minutes, where dynamic activations make every turn a pivotal, high-stakes decision.
Deep Strategy
Learn the basics in 15 minutes; spend a lifetime mastering its deep tactical synergies.
Your Collection, Future-Proofed.
Play with the models you love, not the models we sell.
Your Models, Our Battlefield.
Your entire collection, including the Pile of Shame, is welcome here. If a model fits our Gloombase, it has a place on the battlefield.
Strategy Over Plastic.
Outthink your opponent, not out-spend them. Your skill as a general is what wins battles.
Balanced Forever.
GODSGLOOM is a living game where our app's constant balancing ensures your favorite warriors are never left behind.
A Wargame Re-Engineered
Solving the old problems of mass battles with smarter, modern design.
The Gloombase
- Represents a full unit, holding 1-4 miniatures to visually distinguish heroes from hordes.
- No re-basing required: our Gloombase adapts your miniatures, on their original bases, to our universal hex system.
- Eliminates arguments over range, engagement, and line of sight.
- Integrated status markers and a clear front arc reduce on-table clutter.
The Command Slate (App)
- All your and enemy unit profiles, mission objectives, and victory points in one place.
- Streamlines gameplay for faster, more accurate battles with zero clutter.
- Through the app, you get a direct stream of balance updates, new scenarios, and future content, ensuring GODSGLOOM constantly evolves.
- Forget decks of cards—every tactical option is managed cleanly in the app.
Underdog Momentum
- Prevents the "snowball effect" so games are never decided too early.
- Grants powerful but limited comeback mechanics to the player falling behind.
- Ensures the battle remains tense and meaningful to the very end.
- The leading player can never rest easy.
Why We Created GODSGLOOM:
A Frank Talk About Modern Wargaming
Try It Now on Tabletop Simulator
Jump into the battle now on our free and official TTS module.
COMING SOON!
Witness the GODSGLOOM
This is what war looks like on our battlefields.
Become a Founding God
An Invitation to Our Closed Beta
We invite players who:
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Are experienced wargamers, tournament veterans, or sharp hobbyists.
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Aren't afraid to break the game, find exploits, and push systems to their limits.
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Can provide clear, constructive, and actionable feedback.
Your mission is to help us forge a perfectly balanced and deeply strategic game.
What's in it for you?
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Free, early access to the ruleset and app.
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Direct line to designers on private Discord.
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Influence on balance and future development.
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Name in the rulebook Pantheon of Founders.
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A permanent, exclusive "Founding God" role on our community Discord.
Our Partners
Building the future of wargaming, together.
Frequently Asked Questions
Key Concepts and Common Inquiries
The Game & Vision
GODSGLOOM is built on three core pillars that set it apart:
- Speed and Intensity: Games are designed to be played in 60-90 minutes on a small table, ensuring a full, satisfying experience without a huge time commitment.
- Creative Freedom: The game is "miniature agnostic." Instead of restrictive factions, we use flexible Army Archetypes, allowing you to build thematic armies using any models from your personal collection. Strategy over plastic.
- Streamlined Gameplay: Our Command Slate companion app is designed to handle bookkeeping, track stats, and manage game states, reducing tabletop clutter and letting you focus on tactics and action.
Getting Started
You can join the action today! Here's how:
- Join our Discord Server: This is the central hub for our community, where you can find links and opponents.
- Learn the Rules: Dive into our interactive online rulebook. We've created guided Learning Pathways to help you master the core mechanics of the game quickly and easily.
- Play on TTS: Subscribe to our official, free-to-use Tabletop Simulator (TTS) Mod.
- Find a Game: Use our Discord matchmaking channels to find an opponent and start playing!
For a physical game, you will need:
- An opponent.
- A 70x90 cm (approx. 2,3x3 ft) hex mat (Can be printed from a free file or purchased from our partner).
- 8 to 15 units for your army, mounted on the gloombases (can be printed from free stl files).
- A set of two colors D6 dice.
- Command Slate app.
Armies & LORE
Absolutely! In fact, you're holding a perfect starting army for GODSGLOOM. This game was designed from the ground up to be your gateway from the board to the battlefield.
We are a miniature-agnostic system. This means we care about the epic stories you want to create, not where your models came from. The flexible army Archetypes are designed to give a home to any collection:
- Your Viking clans and monsters from Blood Rage are a perfect match for 'The Horde' or 'The Monstrous Court' archetypes.
- The heroic survivors and knights from Zombicide: Black Plague can easily represent armies of 'The Lance & Honour' or 'The Legion'.
- And, of course, the zombie hordes themselves are the ideal foundation for 'The Unliving Host' army.
Our universal hex-base system allows you to easily group your favorite models together and bring them into the game without any permanent modifications.
GODSGLOOM is where your board game heroes become battlefield legends. Welcome!
The GODSGLOOM lore is designed as a "meta-narrative" that embraces any army from any universe. Your miniatures' existing history isn't replaced; it's simply given a new, brutal chapter.
You play as a Lesser God, an eternal being who traverses the multiverse, plucking the mightiest armies from their home worlds to serve as pawns in your cosmic war. So, your dwarves, with all their ancient grudges and history, are not different dwarves—they are your dwarves, torn from their reality with their lore fully intact.
GODSGLOOM's story doesn't erase their past; it just dictates their violent future in a war between gods.
Yes, you are encouraged to use your existing collection! GODSGLOOM doesn't have restrictive army lists. Instead, we use flexible Army Archetypes—thematic templates that define a playstyle. This gives you the creative freedom to build an army that fits your vision. For example:
- For "The Lance & Honour": Your collection of feudal human knights, stoic elven lords on horseback, or even righteous champions mounted on griffons can be played as "The Lance & Honour," an archetype focused on devastating charges and elite, heavily armoured cavalry.
- For "The Horde": Your endless tide of savage orcs, swarming goblins, mighty vikings, or even a tribal stampede of beastmen and minotaurs are perfect for "The Horde," an archetype that overwhelms opponents with sheer numbers and brute force.
- For "The Legion": Your disciplined, shield-wall-focused dwarves, roman legionnaires, phalanxes of high elven spearmen, or even unyielding automaton constructs fit perfectly into "The Legion," an archetype defined by defensive resilience, powerful infantry, and unbreakable formations.
- For "The Unliving Host": Your legions of shambling zombies, tireless skeleton warriors, mechanical constructs, ethereal hosts of ghosts, or a court of regal vampires are all represented by "The Unliving Host," an archetype that leverages fearless troops, necromantic magic, and the ability to regenerate its forces.
- For "The Monstrous Court": Your collection of hulking ogres, ravenous trolls, colossal giants, or even a pack of fearsome dragons and other great beasts can be fielded as "The Monstrous Court," an archetype where every single unit is a massive, high-impact threat.
If you can describe your army's theme, there's an Archetype for it.
That's the best part: you don't need to worry about specific base sizes because you don't need to re-base your army!
The Gloombase is not a new base for your models, but a universal hex adapter designed to hold the bases your miniatures are already on.
When you get the Gloombase files, you will receive a variety of STL options designed to fit the most common base sizes and shapes used in wargaming. You simply choose and 3D print the Gloombase version that matches your existing army's bases.
This is how one Gloombase represents a single in-game unit and can hold from 1 to 4 models, depending on the size of their original bases.
Essentially, the system adapts to your collection, not the other way around. You just print the Gloombase that fits the models you already own and love.
The App & Business Model
Our Vision for GODSGLOOM: A Living Game
- A Service, Not a Product: We're building GODSGLOOM as a continuously evolving wargame powered by the Command Slate app. We are leaving behind the "Kickstarter cash-grab" model of one-off box sets that are quickly forgotten.
- Fair for Everyone: The core rules will always be free. Our optional subscription is never "pay-to-win" and simply unlocks premium content like new armies, scenarios, and features.
- A Community Pledge: If development ever ends, we will release the complete game and all its content online for free. Forever.
- Funded by the Community: Your subscription directly fuels all ongoing development, balancing, and new content, ensuring the game thrives for years to come.
- Smarter Crowdfunding: While we are moving away from the typical Kickstarter model, we may run a small, focused campaign in the future to launch the game officially. However, its purpose would be to reward our earliest supporters with things like a free year of the Command Slate app subscription, not to sell boxes of exclusive miniatures. This allows us to use crowdfunding as a launchpad while staying true to our core promise: GODSGLOOM is a living game, and your support funds its future.




