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Your first Clash

A Clash is a quick battle, face to face, in about five minutes. You need an opponent in the same room with their own Core.

1. Start

Section titled “1. Start”

One of you opens Play, taps Take the field on the Clash card, chooses 1v1 and taps Call a match. The app shows a 4-letter code. Read it out. The other player types it under Join and taps Join match.

2. Build

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Clip your widgets onto your Core. Then set the same layout in the app: tap a face and pick its widget.

  • Commons (Cog, Bastion, Wedge, Fin) can go on as many faces as you like.
  • Each collectable, like your Shard, can only sit on one face.
  • Reset to a balanced build fills every face for you.

Fill every face. A face left empty is worth nothing if it lands on top.

3. Roll

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Roll your Core onto a flat table. The face on top is your lead.

  • Electronic Core: the face fills in by itself.
  • No electronics: tap the number on top.

Landed on an edge? Roll again.

4. Submit

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Tap Send my turn. When both of you have submitted, the app scores the match.

5. See the score

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The result shows how your roll scored: your lead and the five faces touching it (your Crown), then the counter. Tap See …’s roll for the other player’s. It also shows the resources you earned and your rank change. Once ratings start, it shows your rating change and XP instead: “+14 rating · 6 to Magma III” and “+15 XP”.

Below the score, the app asks Is this result right? Tap Yes, confirm, or Something’s wrong if it does not match what happened. You can tap Play again without answering: the result is confirmed by itself after 24 hours. See Fair play.

Want to know how the score adds up? Read How scoring works and the six example rolls.

Practise against a bot

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No opponent nearby? Tap Practise against a bot on the Clash card in Play, or in the Clash screen. You play a 1v1 against a bot that has the whole starter box, Wildcard included. Set your build and roll as usual; the game rolls for the bot.

Practice never changes your rank, rating, XP or resources, and there is nothing to confirm. After the result, tap Play again for another practice game, or Play a real Clash to go back to the Clash screen.