Hexarchy

Hexarchy is a card-driven, turn-based 4X strategy game set in a historical context. Players found cities, improve their land, gather resources and trade, and may pursue military conquest if they choose. Researching technologies and adopting civics builds a deck that reflects the player’s chosen strategy.

Resources come from improvements built on the player’s land. They can be spent on buildings, wonders and armies, or sold for gold through a global trade system in which resources are bought and sold. Wonders provide bonuses to the player who constructs them. Combat takes place on a hex map, where terrain, supply lines and control of key resources affect the outcome. Players can also pillage enemy improvements and upgrade their units with promotions.

Each civilization has its own unit, ability and bonuses, and there are multiple map types and game modes. Singleplayer skirmish lets players set the map type, game length, player spacing and AI difficulty. Daily and weekly challenges feature a global leaderboard, and the weekly Hegemon Challenge has players who picked the same civilization cooperate on generated single-player campaigns. Multiplayer options include a competitive ladder, custom games with friends, and cooperative play against AI teams.