HexArmy

HexArmy is a turn-based tactical strategy game built on a hex grid where the outcome of every battle depends on the decisions you make before the first shot is fired. Choose from 10 real-world-inspired factions, each with a distinct military doctrine that reshapes how you fight. The United States fields air superiority with extended jet range and precision strikes. Russia overwhelms with discounted armor and infantry, flooding the map with numbers. Iran exploits rear flanking at 75% bonus damage and deploys units that act immediately on spawn. North Korea entrenches behind fortified cities with +50% bombardment resistance. New Zealand runs a lean volunteer force — fewer units, lower budget, but every capture heals your army and restores the city. These aren't cosmetic differences. Faction choice alters your draft budget, unit costs, terrain bonuses, defensive modifiers, production capacity, and AI behavior. Two players running the same strategy with different factions will produce different wars.

THE DRAFT

Before combat begins, you build your roster. Each faction receives a gold budget — typically 900 to 1,020 gold — and a catalog of 21 unit types spanning ground forces, armor, air power, naval assets, and special operations. You pick up to 8 units (some factions allow fewer), balancing cost against capability. Unspent gold carries into the match as starting funds. A lean draft with scouts and infantry leaves gold for early production. A heavy draft with tanks, jets, and a bomber puts firepower on the field immediately but starves your economy. There is no correct answer — only the answer that survives contact with the enemy's composition. 21

UNIT TYPES

Ground forces form your frontline: Infantry entrench for bonus defense, Tanks absorb hits with armor plating, Artillery suppresses from 5 hexes away, and Engineers repair your cities and fortify defensive positions. Recon and Scout units extend your vision deep into enemy territory. APCs carry up to 5 units across the map and rapid-deploy them in a single turn. Snipers eliminate foot soldiers from concealment with 92% accuracy. Mortars lob indirect fire but require a spotter in range. Air power controls the tempo: Jets strike with afterburner speed, Helicopters strafe adjacent hexes, Bombers deliver 3x strategic strikes against structures and naval targets. Paratroopers airdrop behind enemy lines, immune to anti-air fire. Naval forces dominate the coastline: Destroyers bombard from shore, Submarines dive invisible for ambush attacks, AA Frigates deny enemy air over open water, and Transports ferry your ground army across seas. Then there is the Nuclear Launcher — 3,500 gold, one warhead, 30 damage to the target and every adjacent hex. It self-destructs after firing. Guard it carefully. Every combat unit has a unique ultimate ability on cooldown. Tank Blitz resets movement and grants a double attack. Artillery Barrage hits the target and all adjacent hexes. Submarine Dive renders it invisible for two turns with a 50% damage bonus on the first strike. PsyOps Phantom Signal injects false reports into the enemy operations log. These abilities create decisive moments that swing the battle when used at the right time.

TERRAIN AND POSITIONING

Hex terrain is not decoration. Forests grant +2 defense and +10 dodge while blocking line of sight. Mountains provide +3 defense but cost extra movement for most units. Cities generate 100 gold per turn and offer garrison defense. Deserts and plains allow rapid movement but leave units exposed. Flanking matters. Attacking from behind deals bonus damage. Entrenched infantry behind a fortified forest hex with an engineer healing adjacent is a fundamentally different problem than the same infantry standing on open plains. Elevation, concealment, and chokepoints emerge naturally from the procedurally generated maps. Seven map generators produce battlefields ranging from tight corridors to sprawling continental theaters of up to 5,000 hexes, ensuring no two matches play the same.

FOG OF WAR

You see only what your units see. Vision is computed per unit based on type, terrain, and special abilities. Recon units see 4-5 hexes deep. Radar sweeps 8 hexes in a rotating directional arc. Scouts ignore forest vision penalties. Snipers and PsyOps units are invisible unless an enemy stands adjacent. Submerged submarines vanish entirely. Smoke screens from mortar ultimates blind everything in a 2-hex radius for two turns. On Medium and Hard difficulty, the AI operates under the same fog of war rules you do. It does not see your hidden sniper. It does not track your submarine. It builds its threat map from what its units can actually observe, and it makes mistakes because of it.

ECONOMY AND PRODUCTION

Your HQ generates 200 gold per turn. Every city you capture adds 100 gold. Damaged cities cost more to produce from, so engineers repairing your infrastructure directly improves your economic output. Production happens at any city or structure yo