A Strategic Dwarven Plate Game
Two dwarves duel on a 6×6 grid. Place your plates, pit side against side, and capture everything you outmatch. No luck, no mana — just sharp positioning, cascading combos, and plates that shatter when worn down. Whoever holds the most when the board fills wins.
Learn it in 30 seconds
Three rules. That's the whole game.
Gain the most plates by the time the grid is full, and you win.
Place beside an enemy — your touching side vs theirs. The greater side wins. Ties stay put.
3 lives
2 lives
shatterA plate in your way? Flip its control 3 times — through placements and combos — to shatter it and free the slot.
When your house holds the advantage over an enemy's, each capture rechecks every neighbor — a single plate can set off a chain reaction that flips half the board. Wearing a plate down through repeated flips is how you finally shatter it.
Every plate belongs to a house, and each house carries its strength on different sides of the plate. Learn where your edge lies — and where you're exposed.
Strikes from the left, exposed up top. Place to an enemy's right so your dominant left edge does the work. Endurance and control.
No peak, no gap — every side equal. Win through pure positioning, not raw power. Balance and adaptability.
Dominates from above with an exposed right flank. Place below enemies to strike with your top edge. Aggression and momentum.
Strikes from the right, exposed below. Place to an enemy's left to lead with your dominant right. Fortification and denial.
Crushes from below with an exposed left side. Place above enemies to strike with your dominant bottom. Disruption and ambush.
Real plates, real numbers
45 plates span the five houses — nine tiers each, from Common up to Legendary. Every plate carries four side values between 2 and 8, and higher tiers pack a bigger budget across those sides. These are the genuine plates straight from the game's lexicon.
Every plate enters with 3 lives. Each flip steps its frame down — Hero → Rare → Common — and the third flip shatters it off the board, freeing the slot. Lives carry with the plate no matter who controls it, so one that keeps trading hands shatters sooner. Every house wears its own frames:
3
2
1
3
2
1321
3
2
1
3
2
1Forge your name
Every match feeds six global, all-time leaderboards. Climb them solo against the AI or in real-time online duels — your best runs are ranked against every dwarf on Steam.
Most plates captured in a single match against the AI.
Longest unbroken win streak against the AI.
Most plates captured in a single online match.
Longest unbroken win streak in online play.
The largest single chain reaction you've ever triggered.
Your cumulative points earned across every match played.
Five houses await at the anvil. Add Gridhammer to your Steam wishlist and be there when the grid lights up.
WISHLIST ON STEAM