Become a God.
Forge Your Legend.
A mass battle wargame for any miniatures you own. Epic scale on a compact table, a full battle in 90 minutes, no power creep.
The Problem
Tired of 4+ hour games?
That's why we built GODSGLOOM.
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Compact battlefield
The hex grid brings mass battle scale to any kitchen table. Each GLOOMBASE holds 1 to 4 models as a complete unit, so every maneuver is a deliberate decision, not a tape-measure argument.
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Intense gameplay
An entire epic battle in 90 minutes. Dynamic activations keep both players in the fight on every single turn, from first clash to last stand.
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Deep strategy
Learn the basics in 15 minutes. Mastering unit synergies, positioning and your army's abilities will take you far longer.
The Freedom
Your Collection, Future-Proofed.
Play with the models you love, not the models we sell.
Your models, our battlefield
Fantasy, sci-fi or historical - your entire collection, including the Pile of Shame, is welcome here. If a model fits the 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. Constant balancing through the app means your favorite warriors are never left behind.
The Anatomy
A Wargame Re-Engineered
Solving the old problems of mass battles with smarter, modern design.
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The GLOOMBASE
- Represents a full unit, holding 1-4 miniatures to visually distinguish heroes from hordes.
- No re-basing required: the GLOOMBASE adapts your miniatures, on their original bases, to the universal hex system.
- Eliminates arguments over range, engagement, and line of sight.
- Integrated status markers and a clear front arc reduce on-table clutter.
Free STL files - print them at home
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Underdog Comeback
- 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.
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The GODSGLOOM Companion
- Build your army from flexible Army Archetypes, with points-costing checked live as you draft.
- Play the live match with your opponent - turns, victory points and unit profiles stay in sync in real time.
- The full rulebook is built in: searchable, cross-linked, with an AI assistant for rules questions.
- Free, runs in any browser, and installs as a standalone app.
Inside
A look inside the companion
Free to open in your browser, no account needed to look around. Sign up to unlock every faction and save your work.
Watch
See It Played
Why we created GODSGLOOM, and how to master the battlefield - one chapter at a time.
Why We Created GODSGLOOM: A Frank Talk About Modern Wargaming
Coming Soon
Try It on Tabletop Simulator
A free and official TTS module is on its way.
The Battlefield
Witness the GODSGLOOM
This is what war looks like on our battlefields.
Open Beta
The Founding Gods
The open beta is live. Become one of its Founding Gods.
Anyone can play the open beta for free right now, no application needed. Founding God is the separate, hand-picked program for players who want to actively shape the game: apply below, and once you're approved you unlock exclusive perks and bonuses.
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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Priority access to new content and test builds before everyone else.
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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.
The Studio
The People Behind GODSGLOOM
Lifelong wargamers from Lithuania, building the game we always wanted to play.
Across three decades at the table, much of it at the highest levels of international competitive play, we kept arriving at the same belief: the wargaming scene deserves a new gold standard. After being let down by recent releases, we set out to build the game we always wanted to play - and to build it to last.
GODSGLOOM is built as a living game, not a one-off box: the core rules stay free, and if we ever stop, we release everything for good.
Select a member to read their story
At the table for 30 years and designing his own games since he was 16. A top-tier Infinity competitor who finished No. 1 in the world ITS Ranking across a full season, with multiple Interplanetario top-3 finishes, plus tournament wins across Star Wars: X-Wing, Star Wars: Legion and Flames of War in Lithuania and Poland. A veteran of Warhammer 40,000 since its early editions. Off the table, an entrepreneur of 22 years who has built successful businesses - the operational footing that lets GODSGLOOM be a serious, lasting venture.
One of the first people to take up wargaming in Lithuania, and a lifelong student of the form - he has worked through what must be nearly every wargame rulebook, famous and obscure alike. Online he is known as Stygian Cat, with a reputation for showing how almost any game could be made better (usually by rebuilding it from the ground up). That instinct is what shapes the GODSGLOOM rules.
A quarter-century in the hobby and a long career across the show-business and advertising world. He leads how GODSGLOOM reaches its players - marketing and outreach.
Eighteen years a wargamer and a Warmachine ambassador for over a decade. A WTC competitor with deep play across Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, Infinity, Confrontation and Helldorado.
The designer behind GODSGLOOM's physical components - the GLOOMBASE, the WarSlate consoles, and the other printable hardware that brings the game to the table.
A 3D-printer engineer and CAD specialist who turns the studio's designs into precise, printable hardware - the GLOOMBASE system and the printable assets behind the tabletop.
Alpha tester and community creator. A lifelong board gamer who has spent years introducing games to people, including professionally. A natural educator who can take someone who has never played and have them up and running in a few minutes.
The Allies
Our Partners
Building the future of wargaming, together.
Answers
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 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 GODSGLOOM 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:
- 1 Join our Discord - the community hub where you find opponents and links.
- 2 Learn the Rules: Read the interactive rulebook or watch the how-to-play video.
- 3 Open the Companion: Build your roster now - no download required. Run your live match in it.
- 4 Find a Game: Use the Discord matchmaking channels to find your first opponent.
For a physical game, you will need:
- An opponent.
- A 70x90 cm (approx. 2,3x3 ft) hex mat - print it free or buy from our partner.
- 8 to 15 units on the GLOOMBASE (free STL files).
- A set of two colors D6 dice.
- The free GODSGLOOM companion (runs in your browser, or install it as a standalone 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 'Carnage Pact' archetypes.
- The heroic survivors and knights from Zombicide: Black Plague can easily represent armies of 'Banners of Honor' 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 Ascending 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 - or your star-spanning legions, with their crusade-banners and war-machines - are not different armies, they are your armies, 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.
Read the full origin in the World of GODSGLOOM chapter of the interactive rulebook.
Yes, you are encouraged to use your existing collection! GODSGLOOM doesn't have restrictive army lists. Instead, we use flexible Army Archetype thematic templates that define a playstyle. This gives you the creative freedom to build an army that fits your vision. Fantasy, sci-fi or historical - if you can picture the army, there is an Archetype for it. For example:
Legion
Unbreakable formations, defensive infantry
Dwarves, Spearmen, Gun-Lines
Horde
Overwhelm with sheer numbers & brute force
Orcs, Goblins, Alien Swarms
Unliving Host
Fearless troops that regenerate
Undead, Vampires, Metal Undying
Banners of Honor
Devastating cavalry charges, elite armour
Knights, Griffons, Grav-Cavalry
Carnage Pact
Monstrous, daemonic - every unit a high-impact threat
Chaos Warriors, Dragons, Daemon Princes
Sovereign Brotherhood
Elite self-sufficient warriors, calculated pressure
Knightly Orders, Power-Armour Squads, Strike Teams
Open the Companion to build your roster
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
It is your free digital companion that runs right in your browser - nothing to install. With it you can:
- Build a roster from flexible Army Archetypes, with points-costing checked as you draft.
- Run the live match with your opponent: turns, victory points and unit profiles stay in sync in real time.
- Read the full rulebook - searchable and cross-linked, with an AI assistant for rules questions.
- Browse free resources - GLOOMBASE STL files and printable assets.
- Join the community - follow other players, react to battle reports, and find events near you.
Prefer to install it? You can add it to your phone or desktop as a standalone app - but you never have to.
Our Vision for GODSGLOOM: A Living Game
- A Service, Not a Product: We're building GODSGLOOM as a continuously evolving wargame powered by the GODSGLOOM app. We are leaving behind the "Kickstarter cash-grab" model of one-off box sets that are quickly forgotten.
- Free Right Now: The entire game is 100% free during the open beta - no paywalls, no gating, the whole experience. The core rules will always stay free. Further down the road, an optional Patron membership (never "pay-to-win") will help fund ongoing development and unlock premium content like new armies and scenarios.
- 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 support 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 as a GODSGLOOM Patron, 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.