// Mode 01
SKIRMISH
A self-contained battle on a hex tactical map. Bring an Icaroid lance you assembled in the designer and play it out against another commander — or against the AI.
// ICARIO COMMAND NETWORK
BUILD.
DEPLOY.
COMMAND.
Browser-based, turn-based Icaroid tactics. Engineer your Icaroids component by component, lead your lance across a hex battle map, and contest territory on a persistent campaign world.
Format
TURN-BASED
Pacing
ASYNCHRONOUS
Factions
FOUR
Grid
HEX TACTICAL
Hostiles
03
Lance
READY
Range
12 HEX
01 // MODES
Two ways to deploy.
Drop into a one-off skirmish or join a longer campaign that strings battles together across a contested planet.
// Mode 02
CAMPAIGN
Pick a faction, take territory turn by turn, salvage what your battles leave behind. Each engagement reshapes the strategic map for the rest of the campaign.
02 // FACTIONS
Four doctrines. One planet.
Faction is not cosmetic. Each one warps the component tree, the viable builds, and how the rest of the battlefield treats you.
DOCTRINE-01
WELTERS
Ballistic, ammo-fed, heavy-armor doctrine. Low tech and low power draw, but a wall of incoming fire that the other factions have to find a way through.
Firepower82
Armor88
Mobility42
DOCTRINE-02
SOLARI
High-tech energy weapons, shield-based defense, extreme mobility. Solari avoid hits rather than soak them — and anyone who closes the gap meets the arc cutters.
Firepower70
Armor52
Mobility92
DOCTRINE-03
IRONFALL
Weapons platforms first, Icaroids second. Missile batteries, indirect fire, and A-slot autonomous turrets that keep shooting while the pilot does something else.
Firepower94
Armor64
Mobility58
03 // SYSTEMS
A game built on tradeoffs.
Icario rewards commanders who can hold a few things in their head at once: position, heat, ammunition, and what the opponent thinks you will do next.
S/01
Component Builder
Assemble each Icaroid from a tree of cores, weapons, mobility kits, and modifiers. Every slot is a tradeoff.
S/02
Hex Tactical Grid
Sight lines, elevation, and cover are read directly off the terrain. The map is the rulebook.
S/03
Persistent Campaign
A strategic layer ties battles together. The territory you held last turn may belong to someone else by your next.
S/04
Asynchronous Turns
Play-by-email pacing. Submit your orders when you have time; the battle resolves when every commander has moved.
// READY THE LANCE