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GLYPH

Ranked 1v1 · turn-based. The Artifact Duel. Capture the Core or seal Resonance.

Updated 2026-11-02

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.

Hints

• Tap squares, not the pieces. Glyph, then piece square, then a highlighted destination.
• The glyph you spend is handed to the opponent next turn.
• ANCHOR is the only way to create new resonance marks.

Tips

• Pieces on their own resonance cannot be pulsed. Do not waste PULSE into a protected shard.
• Shards cannot capture other shards directly. Use PULSE to shove them off the board or into occupied tiles.
• If the Core fight stalls, start marking early — Resonance Dominion wins at 6 marks.

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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