Abbalone vs Ember

Abbalone is a two-player marble strategy game on a hexagonal board. Select up to three connected marbles, plan your move, and push six of your opponent's marbles off the edge to win. PLAY YOUR WAY • How to Play: open Profile → How to Play to learn the rules, marble movement and pushing with a guided practice game. • Play vs Bot: choose Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty. • Pass & Play: take turns with a friend on the same device. • Online Multiplayer: create a private game and share its code, or enter a friend's code to join. There is no random matchmaking. THREE STARTING LAYOUTS Choose Standard, Belgian Daisy, or German Daisy. Save your preferred starting layout in Settings. DAILY CHALLENGE Solve a daily tactical puzzle by pushing an opponent marble off the board in three moves or fewer. Track your challenge streak. An internet connection is required for daily challenges. LOCAL PLAY AND PROGRESS Bot and pass-and-play games work without an internet connection in the installed app. An unfinished local game is saved on your device so you can return to it after closing the app. ONLINE COMPETITION View the ELO leaderboard, play rated private matches, and request a rematch. Online multiplayer and the leaderboard require an internet connection. ELO changes apply to rated online matches; daily puzzles do not award ELO points. OPTIONAL SIGN-IN Start with Play as Guest. Sign in with Apple or Google to access your profile across devices, including match history, statistics, and achievement badges. Guest online features use an anonymous identifier. MAKE IT YOURS Pick one of four themes on the home screen: Gilded Stone, Mood Club, Paw Parade or Midnight Ornaments. Each has its own board, pieces, animations and sounds. Adjust sound effects, haptic feedback, and the default board layout in Settings, including as a guest. Haptic feedback is available on supported devices. Allow notifications if you want daily challenge reminders and motivational messages; notification delivery depends on your device settings and connection. The app includes advertising. Declining tracking permission does not prevent you from playing. Sharing usage analytics is optional and off unless you allow it. There are no voice or video calls.

Ember is an abstract strategy board game where every player picks a spot at the same time. Players score by controlling territory on the board. HOW IT WORKS Each turn, every player picks an open spot. All picks are revealed together. Spots you control add pressure to the eight spots around them. When enough pressure builds on an open spot, you gain control of it. Pressure only spreads a limited distance from the spots you place. A spot outside that range stays under your control but does not add more pressure. If two or more players pick the same spot, Static controls it instead. Static uses the same pressure rules as everyone else, but it cannot win. WAYS TO PLAY Play against the computer at three AI difficulty levels: Halo (Novice), Vega (Skilled), and Titan (Expert). Play online with a friend by sharing a link. Play ranked online multiplayer with 2, 3, or 4 players. Ranked results affect your Elo rating and your place on the leaderboard. Solve puzzles that use the same pressure rules as regular games. Watch live games. BOARD TYPES Every board is a 16x16 grid. Open has no walls or special scoring. Walls has fixed spots that no player can control. Zones gives each player a scoring map only they can see. Every spot you control is worth 1 point. A spot inside one of your zones is worth 3 points. Ember is free and has no ads or in-app purchases. You only need an account for ranked games.