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Paper Wars

Deploy. Command. Conquer.

GAME OVERVIEW

Paper Wars is a turn-based tactical strategy game played on a hand-drawn, scrollable battlefield. Choose a commander, spend your setup budget on units, structures, and terrain, then drive a unit across the enemy's base camp to win.

Each turn you have three actions to spend among move, attack, overwatch, suppress, heal, smoke, salvage, purchase, airdrop, or destroy. Fog of war hides enemy units beyond your sight; flanking multipliers reward maneuvering; supply lines punish overextension; and the salvage economy turns wrecks into reinforcements.

Win by reaching the enemy back line — or, with elimination mode, by destroying their entire force.

COMMANDERS

Four archetypes, each with a unique passive and three abilities. Pick one before the setup phase.

GENERAL
Balanced leader — buff infantry damage, rally retreating units, and deploy reinforcements.
TACTICIAN
Information warrior — extended fog-of-war reveal, ambush bonuses, repositioning specialists.
WARLORD
Aggressive striker — heavy units cost less, artillery cooldowns reduced, devastating final push.
ENGINEER
Defensive architect — cheap structures, terrain construction, and trench networks that bog the enemy.

GAME MODES

  • SOLO VS AIThree difficulties (easy / medium / hard). Practice setups, learn matchups.
  • ONLINE 1V1Six-character room code. WebRTC peer-to-peer. Play a friend in seconds.
  • ONLINE 2V2Four players, two teams. Coordinate through the salvage economy and split objectives.
  • QUICK MATCHAuto-join the first open room or create one. Best for casual matchmaking.

MAP SIZES

SMALL
200 rows · 250 pts
Quick skirmishes, dense combat.
MEDIUM
300 rows · 375 pts
Balanced — room to maneuver.
LARGE
400 rows · 500 pts
Long campaigns, deeper fog of war.

MULTIPLAYER

Online play is peer-to-peer via WebRTC — no central game server, no account, no install. The lobby brokers room creation and matchmaking; once the game starts, your moves go straight to the other player's browser.

  • Create a room — pick mode (1v1 / 2v2) and map size. Share the 6-char code.
  • Join by code — paste any code, enter a name, drop into the waiting room.
  • Browse open rooms — see who's waiting and pick your fight.
  • Quick Match — auto-join the first open room or create one.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

MMove mode
AAttack mode
OOverwatch
SSuppress
HHeal (medic)
KSmoke deploy
DDestroy terrain
GGroup select
ZUndo
XToggle danger zones
LToggle supply lines
1 / 2 / 3Pick group member
W A S DPan camera
EscCancel mode / clear
E / EnterEnd turn
PLAY

Solo vs AI is free — no account required. Multiplayer over WebRTC.