About Phalanx: Duel
What It Is
Phalanx: Duel is a tactical two-player card duel built on standard playing cards and formalized into a deterministic digital game engine. It is a pure test of skill, positioning, and mathematical consequence.
The v1.4.0 Standard
- Zero RNG: Every outcome is determined by player choice and deterministic rules.
- Explainable Combat: Engine-authored arithmetic provenance powers previews, narration, event displays, and post-match proof.
- Scientific Assurance: Rules are linked to independent reference checks, replay evidence, liveness properties, and observer-safe projections.
- Cross-Platform: Play on the web (all screens), in your terminal with our Golang client, or via native mobile operatives (SwiftUI in-progress).
- Ranked Competition (Beta): Global Glicko-2 matchmaking and public lobby system.
Who It Is For
- Tacticians: Players who enjoy deep, deterministic head-to-head combat.
- Developers: Engineers who care about actor-based architecture and state rehydration.
- Competitors: Players looking for a fair, ratings-driven tactical ladder.
Production State
Phalanx: Duel v1.4.0 Stable is live in production. The core engine is persistent, replay-verifiable, observable, and independently checked across its declared combat domain.