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A developer released Samudra Manthan, an asymmetric board game set in Hindu mythology, where players compete to claim 10 Glory by churning the Ocean of Milk. The game features AI opponents trained by self-play, hotseat multiplayer, and four asymmetric clans with unique powers. The developer seeks feedback on the early playtest build, which uses AI-generated board tile art as a placeholder.

Samudra Manthan Samudra Manthana is an asymmetric strategy game set in the Hindu myth of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk. Four rival clans stir the primordial ocean for its divine treasures. The first to claim 10 Glory wins. This is an in-development playtest build, so feedback is very welcome see below . 2 to 4 players. About 45 minutes. Plays in your browser. vs AI: take on trained value-function and heuristic bots. Hotseat: pass-and-play on one device. HOW IT PLAYS Each cycle has a Day move your beings, harvest resources, pay Tribute and a Night spawn new beings, then move and fight . Score Glory through Tribute, winning battles Valour , and the Great Churning, a climactic core duel every third cycle. Combat is fast dice: line yours up against the defender's, and the highest wins each pair. FOUR CLANS, FOUR POWERS The whole game is asymmetric. Every clan bends the rules a different way: - Jwala Ember Valour : a war-clan whose beings ascend faster and win tied attacks. Aranya Endless Coil : hoards deeper for bigger, escalating Tributes. Varuna Tide's Dominion : scores each night it holds the sacred core. Hiranya Mercenary Host : deploys anywhere it holds and plunders enemy homes. FEEDBACK WANTED This is an early playtest and I would love your thoughts: bugs, balance, what is fun, what is confusing. Hit "Send feedback" in-game top right . If you find a bug, use "Export" in the Chronicle panel and attach the file so I can reproduce it exactly. Board tile art was AI-generated FLUX for this playtest. Final art will be commissioned. | Published | 50 minutes ago | | Status | | HTML5 https://itch.io/games/html5 Sharang https://mighty840.itch.io Strategy https://itch.io/games/genre-strategy 2-4-players https://itch.io/games/tag-2-4-players , asymmetric https://itch.io/games/tag-asymmetric , Board Game https://itch.io/games/tag-board-game , hex https://itch.io/games/tag-hex , hotseat https://itch.io/games/tag-hotseat , mythology https://itch.io/games/tag-mythology , Singleplayer https://itch.io/games/tag-singleplayer , Tactical https://itch.io/games/tag-tactical , Turn-based https://itch.io/games/tag-turn-based About a half-hour https://itch.io/games/duration-half-hour English https://itch.io/games/lang-en , Hindi https://itch.io/games/lang-hi , Sanskrit Saṁskṛta https://itch.io/games/lang-sa Mouse https://itch.io/games/input-mouse Local multiplayer https://itch.io/games/local-multiplayer AI Assisted https://itch.io/games/ai-assisted , Code https://itch.io/games/ai-code , Graphics https://itch.io/games/ai-graphics Development log The playtest is open: churn the Ocean of Milk https://mighty840.itch.io/samudra-manthan/devlog/1606523/the-playtest-is-open-churn-the-ocean-of-milk 24 minutes ago