Devlog
Development Journal
The tower duel, reborn - built in the open. 24 dispatches from the workshop, newest first.
Preorders Are Open, and the Road Ahead
The moment's here. Preorders for the physical ArcoMage are open, $58 $38 as a Founder, saving you $20 before launch (and a Founder badge to boot).
Read entry →The Physical Board Revealed
This is the one we've been dreaming about. Feast your eyes on the ArcoMage tabletop board, hand-illustrated corner to corner, the same battlefield you play...
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Move, Attack, Conquer
Combat just got tactical. Creatures now move across the hex board with true pathfinding, march them at the enemy wizard, block the lanes, and choose every...
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Archmage GPT Enters the Arena
Meet your new rival. Archmage GPT is a genuine AI opponent that reads its spellbook, plans its turn, and trash-talks in real time. No practice partner has...
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The Forums Are Open
For the long conversations, deck guides, strategy threads, bug reports, and lore, the forums are live. Pull up a chair.
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Discord Online
Our Discord is open. Find opponents, talk strategy, share your best plays, and hang with the community. Everyone's welcome.
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Telegram Online
ArcoMage is now on Telegram. Get updates, chat with players, and follow the build in real time. Come say hi.
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Become the Monster
Why cast spells when you can become one? Wizard forms let you transform, into a rampaging Horrific Beast, a mana-draining Wraith, or a rooted Reaper....
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Ranked Play and the Ladder
Think you're an archmage? Prove it. Ranked matchmaking and an ELO ladder are live, climb the ranks and earn your title one duel at a time.
Read entry →Lights, Camera, Magic
We've been making videos, spell effects, animated art, and campaign teasers. A tower duel should look as good as it plays, and we're only getting started.
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The Searchable Spellbook
560 spells is a lot to thumb through, so now you don't have to. The online spellbook is fully searchable at arcomage.org/spellbook, find any card, any...
Read entry →Every Spell, Illustrated
A spell deserves a portrait. We've been illustrating the library card by card, so every page in your book is a little piece of art worth casting.
Read entry →The Spell Store Opens
Build the book you want. The spell store is open, browse, buy, and slot new spells into your deck, with a proper cart and instant checkout.
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Sign In with Google
One click, no new password. Google sign-in is live, so you can go from 'never heard of it' to 'first match' in about ten seconds.
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Claim Your Wizard
Accounts are here. Save your progress, your decks, and your rank across every device. Your journey from apprentice to archmage now follows you everywhere.
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Play in Your Browser
The tower duel is live, and it runs anywhere. No download: open play.arcomage.org, pick your wizard, and start casting. The full game, right in your browser.
Read entry →The Desktop Spellbook
Behold the spellbook. Our client renders your whole arsenal as a real, page-flipping tome, drag an edge to turn the page, click a page to cast.
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The Rulebook Goes Online
New to ArcoMage, or just settling a table argument? The full rules are live and searchable at arcomage.org/rules. Learn in five minutes, spend a lifetime...
Read entry →Creatures of the Realm
Blade Spirits, elementals, daemons, familiars, the bestiary is filling out, every creature with its own art, stats, and tricks. Some fight for you. Some...
Read entry →The Board Takes Shape
ArcoMage isn't just cards, it's a battlefield. The hex board arrived: summon creatures, march them across the field, and lay siege. The same board you'll...
Read entry →Meet the Wizards
A wizard needs a face. This week we began the avatar gallery, mages, liches, sorceresses, and stranger things, each ready to sit across the board from you.
Read entry →Five Hundred and Sixty Spells
We didn't want a handful of spells. We wanted a world of them. Today the library crossed 560, from Magic Missile to Meteor Swarm, each one scripted and...
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An Engine of Magic
The core engine lives. Towers, walls, moats, mana, and a turn clock, all humming, every rule that made the original ArcoMage sing, rebuilt from the ground up.
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The First Spell
Today, ArcoMage begins. A tower-duel of wizards, reborn: build your tower, breach theirs, and let the spells fly. We're building it in the open, and you're...
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