Planned Release Date: Q4 2026

About This Game

One question, every turn

You don't play a card — you build a chain. Every technique has an opening and an ending, and

each one only links to the technique it fits. You lay them down face down, and when both duelists are

done, the two chains meet position by position.

The longer the chain, the more damage it carries. But every position is a clash, and a technique that

loses its clash adds nothing. You build the chain. Your opponent decides how much of it lands.

The edge, the feint and the guard

Attack beats Maneuver. Maneuver beats Defense. Defense beats Attack. When two techniques of the same

type meet, no number saves you: the position goes to whoever holds the initiative — and if

nobody holds it, both cancel out. Win a position and the initiative is yours, shielding you on the

next one. The duel has momentum, and taking it from your opponent is half the craft.

Two schools, two stretches of the wheel

• Kurenai River — water. Its techniques live in the low values, and they link into each otherreadily: the river doesn't strike, it drags.

• Mount Okuribi — ember. Its techniques live in the high values and open harder: fire doesn'tflow, it catches.

The two schools overlap on only a couple of values, so mixing them means fewer techniques that link —

and a deck built to bridge the gap on purpose.

The Dojo Path

A campaign across regions where you choose your opponent at each stage, and a forge where the pieces you

combine matter for what they share — their element, their region, their era. Like matching affinities, but

with steel.

And when the campaign is done

• Free Duel — your decks against any rival.

• Daily Challenge — a fixed duel, the same one for everybody, every day.

What it is, and what it isn't

• A single-player game, paid and complete. You buy it once.

• No microtransactions, no passes, no energy. Not now, not later.

• No always-online requirement.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

HASSO uses generative AI tools for part of its pre-produced content: the card illustrations, and the translation of the game's text into the languages it supports. All AI-generated content is reviewed and curated before it is included in the game. The user interface icons, the music and the sound effects are not AI-generated. No content is generated by AI at runtime: the player never sends prompts and never receives live AI output.