This update is for those who are just arriving, without forgetting those who have been playing for weeks.

Tutorial

The first time you log in, the game walks you through a guided match for each mechanic: how the pieces move, perks, traits. The lessons are split into chapters you pick from a list, and you can replay them whenever you like from How to play.

The tutorial isn't just for newcomers: if you've been playing for a while it won't start on its own, but it's always there in How to play, exercises included.

If you want to dig deeper, there are six exercises on perks, traits and special moves. Once the tutorial is done, the game takes you straight to Story.

Six new traits

• Fury: once per battle it captures and then moves again.
• Absorption: once per battle it captures and becomes the captured piece.
• Shove: once per battle it pushes an adjacent piece one square away, enemy or ally.
• Assault: it also captures straight ahead, as well as diagonally.
• Powder keg: whoever captures it is blown up with it.
• Frost Touch: after a capture it freezes adjacent enemies for a turn, and itself too.

Everything else

Improved layout in matches and across the game screens.

At the merchant, bartering now always pays better than credits.

Plenty of fixes, including a session that logged itself out after a network hiccup.

A favor

If you are enjoying the game, a review on Steam helps more than it looks: we are few, and reviews are how other players find us. Two lines are enough.

If something is off instead, tell us in the discussions or send a report from inside the game: we read them all.