Setting up a game

Open Play and tap Take the field on the Faultline card.

1. Battlefield: choose one of the maps. The app shows the whole map before you start. See The maps.
2. Players: 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3.
3. Length: Short (8 rounds), Standard (10) or Long (12). Each round has 3 waves.
4. Attack preview: how much the app tells you about an attack before you make it. It is the same for everyone in the game.
   • Full: the numbers (“12 v 7”) and whether it would win.
   • Numbers only: just the numbers.
   • Off: nothing. Work it out yourself.
5. Practice bots: tick Fill empty seats with practice bots to play straight away. The game becomes practice: nothing counts.
6. Tap Take the field. You get a 4-letter code to share.

Friends join from the same screen with Join a friend’s game. A real player who joins takes a bot’s seat.

Teams and your build

The lobby shows both teams: Team 1 starts on the west edge, Team 2 on the east. Your team is orange, the other team blue.

Set one build for the whole game: tap a face and pick a widget, or tap Use what’s on my Core. Each wave, the widget on the face that lands on top is your lead. Tap Ready for battle when it is set.

When every seat is filled and everyone is ready, the player who set up the game taps Begin the battle.

Leaving, pausing and coming back

• Carry on: an unfinished game shows at the top of Play, with its round and wave. Tap Carry on to go back to it.
• Pause: any player can pause. Each team can pause twice. After a day the game carries on by itself, and players who have not come back are played for by the game.
• Leave: in the lobby you just leave. During a game the game rolls and gives orders for you, your team keeps playing, and you get no XP.

Next: A round.