The game, finished and free
ShippedNot an engine demo — the whole game. 2 AI tiers, live multiplayer tables, standings, the tutorial and a table-side score keeper. Playable in a browser right now, with nothing to buy.
Aug 2026
The plan.
Updated on the first. When a date moves, you’ll see it here before anywhere else.
Last updated 3 Sept 2026
Now
The public rulebook
ShippedEvery rule, free to read on the site and free to download — years before there is a box to put it in.
Sept 2026
Order I locked to the last deck
In progressPlaytesting and finalising the decks the first Order ships with. Five-sixths of that work is behind us; the last deck is still being played out.
83%
Card art — 3 of 52
In progressThe long pole. The launch date follows the art, not the other way round.
6% · 3 of 52
Next
Demo decks for playtesters
NextA short print run, put in hands that are not ours. The first time the game gets played on cardboard by people who did not design it.
After the decks lock
Reviewer preview builds
NextReviewers get a link, not a parcel. Same day.
Jan 2027
The first comic
NextIssue one, once every card has a face. The same world the cards are cut from, told straight.
After the art
Kickstarter launch
The dateTuesday 2 March 2027, 10:00 ET.
Mar 2027
Later
Manufacturing & fulfilment
LaterOne box. No minis. Dates we can actually hit.
The Order I expansion set
LaterMore cards for the Order already on your table. Non-random, sold complete, contents published before it goes on sale.
Online tournaments
LaterPlayed on the free build, for Order I collector cards — alternate arts of cards anyone can already buy outright. Nothing random ever changes what a deck can do.
The second Order
LaterA new 16-body chassis with its own Jovinet effects, and a new set of support cards to build from. Not before the first box is in your hands.
Timeline · Q3 2026 → Q4 2027
Q3 26
Q4 26
Q1 27 · Launch
Q2 27
Q3 27
Q4 27
Changelog
- 03 Sep 2026
The rulebook is public — every rule, free to read and free to download, four months before it was due. And the game is finished, not just the engine: multiplayer tables, standings and the tutorial all ship with it.
shipped - 03 Sep 2026
Card art recounted against the final Order I list: 52 faces, 3 of them done.
moved - 01 Sep 2026
Marketing site live.
shipped - 14 Aug 2026
Rulebook PDF moved from Nov 2026 to Jan 2027. The movement rules got rewritten twice and the diagrams have to catch up.
slipped - 02 Aug 2026
Multiplayer rooms out of alpha. Turns resolve end-to-end.
shipped
Know when it moves.
Coming soon
The list opens with the campaign page. Nothing to type yet.