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GLYPH
Ranked 1v1 · turn-based. The Artifact Duel. Capture the Core or seal Resonance.
GLYPH is a ranked title on GLYPH Arena. The Artifact Duel. Capture the Core or seal Resonance.
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How it plays
- 5×5 board. Each side has 1 Core and 3 Shards.
- Five glyphs rotate between the players: VECTOR, LANCE, ARC, PULSE, ANCHOR.
- A turn spends one glyph on one piece. The spent glyph is handed to the opponent.
- Win by capturing the enemy Core, surrounding it, or sealing Resonance (4-in-a-row, 2×2, or dominion).
- No dice. No hidden cards. The full position is public.
Formal properties
- Players: 2
- Form: sequential
- Information: perfect
- Chance: no
- Zero-sum: yes
- Payoff: win / loss (Elo)
- Research uses: combinatorial game theory, minimax, alpha-beta pruning, Elo calibration
Machine-readable copy of this row lives in the daily research JSON. Human glossary: Arena terms. Ranking: Elo ladders.
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