Dominion

Dominion is a 1v1 real-time strategy game played on a hexagonal grid in the browser. A match lasts ten to fourteen minutes. You start with a Capital, six owned tiles, and three Warriors. You expand across plains, mountains, crystal fields, and forests, build up an economy, raise an army, and try to break your opponent's Capital before they break yours. At the five-minute mark the map itself begins closing in — a ring of dead tiles advances inward every twenty seconds, forcing every match to a decisive conclusion.

The pitch we write on internal docs is “Civilization distilled to fifteen minutes with the accessibility of agar.io.” We mean it: every click matters, every match is a full arc, nothing drags.

Dominion is built by Rotsen Games — a small, independent studio. The game has been in active development since early 2026 and is playable in the browser today. You can reach us at arronnestor@gmail.com for bug reports, feedback, press, or partnerships.

Short matches over long ones. Ten-minute games are replayable in a way that forty-minute ones aren't. A bad opening doesn't ruin your afternoon. A perfect match fits in a lunch break. The ring mechanic is how we enforce this: the map shrinks, and wasted turns cost you territory you literally can't stand on.

Hex over square. Hex grids give you six equidistant neighbors and no diagonal ambiguity. Every move is honest. Every frontline is legible at a glance. Chokepoints form from terrain, not from grid arithmetic.

Economy friction, not economy puzzles. Dominion has three resources — iron, crystal, grain — and no storage caps. You can't solve your way out of a bad position by optimizing a spreadsheet. You win by reading the map, reading your opponent, and committing at the right moment. Tiles produce at half rate unless improved, which means raw expansion gives you space but not income; building gives you income but costs time. That tension is the game.

No pay-to-win, ever. Cosmetic supporter cosmetics will land in month three and fund ongoing development. No unit buffs, no faster build queues, no gated balance. Every competitive surface is free.

The near-term roadmap: a Supporter pass with cosmetic unit skins and profile frames, a Ranked ladder once casual matchmaking volume supports it, seasonal map themes, and a second unit tier (archers and ranged combat were deliberately cut from v0.1). We publish the moving parts on the changelog; the honest design rationale lives in the guides.