Generals!
The monkey business keeps on coming in 2026 as the team hits the ground running with this update, along with some exciting announcements to kick-off the year!
Firstly, The Tea Division will be participating in a few Steam events over the coming months, so keep an eye out for the dedicated posts on these in the near future. In addition to these events, throughout the year, players will also be seeing a steady release of brand new Units and Actions to existing Factions! Excitingly, all the Units boast mechanics never seen in-game before and are sure to add a fresh new twist to gameplay and strategies.
With that being said, it brings the team great joy to introduce players to the very first of the aforementioned new Units...the Cairn Monkey!
This cheeky chimp gains an attack buff in Zones that possess 'Cairn' modifiers, as well as making modifiers trigger again if they're in the Zone when claiming it! Opponents will be in double trouble with this aggressive ape bouncing around the board.
Keeping in theme with the monkey jokes, the list of bug-fixes is outright bananas, so rather than your usual summary, you can check the full details listed after the sign-off below.
As always, the team is ever-grateful for the love and support from our phenomenal community, and we’re looking forward to the journey with you all in 2026.
Until next time, keep smiling and keep on skirmishing.
Cheers!
Tinbeard
Detailed change notes:
Unleashed the Cairn Monkey! 🍌
Limited UI Hover sound instances
Fixed Improve ability not triggering in some circumstances
Reduced Improve chance of Technician to 30%
Healer Gold cost increased to 3
Zones tags now shown in glossary
Stop attached spells to Units revealing their positions in hotseat
Stop actions that rely on the Zone being capturable being placed in non capturable zones
Stopped Units seeing ghosts and moving towards them!
Fix speed control slider resetting
Fix Modifier icons for scout drones
Gold tooltip in Barracks shows Gold granted next Barracks 🪙
Fixed Speed Slider issues for clients and spectators
Changed Resolver movement code to loop move by move, fixing Units with multi moves bypassing certain effects
Stopped homeless Bears appearing 🐻
Newly Spawned Units process Zone OnEnter functions
Flooded effects grouped in first beat
Research Station will display VP granted in tooltips
Director will focus on Research Station VP events
Game can be un/paused by Spacebar tap ⏸️
ESC will not display menu when trying to dismiss game barks
ESC will not display menu when game has concluded (use normal post round flow to return to menu)
Battle music does not double up when rewatching replays repeatedly
Fix for stacks of abilities (Poison, Stun, etc.) not showing
Fix corridors being able to spawn inside zones
Multi threaded stat analysis
Lots of optimisations to reduce GC and unneeded processing of lists in Resolver
Fixed summoned Units showing on wrong side and with wrong color glow