How to Play Oathen

Everything that you need to know in order to play Oathen can be found in the Oathen rulebook, but the best way to learn is to watch these quick instruction videos and jump into a live game at play.oathen.gg. If you encounter any situation where you need further details, the rulebook serves as a deeper guide for your questions.

Note that the first two of the videos below were created using Tabletopia. Oathen is a physical tabletop game, and you can now also join the beta online at play.oathen.gg. The digital version is still early, so expect some rough edges while we build it out.

How to Setup the Game

How to Play

(Fast!) Gameplay Example

How a round works

Every round is broken up into three phases. In the Planning Phase, players simultaneously select up to four cards from their Skillbook that they think will be effective for the round. Once everyone has selected their cards, the Action Phase begins, and players take turns activating those cards on themselves or their opponents. At the end of the round comes the Cooldown Phase, where those cards are placed on your Cooldown Track for a set number of rounds based on their strength.

The Oathen turn order reference card: Planning Phase, Action Phase and Cooldown Phase steps — The turn order card

The abilities and priority levels reference card: Battle, Enhancement, Blitz and Prep Actions, and Arena Locations — Abilities and priority

Nyxa's Throw Knife card: cooldown 3, deal 1 damage to the first target encountered in a direction, with its targeting grid — An ability card and its targeting grid

Try it: Nyxa’s first round

Pick the four highlighted cards from Nyxa’s Skillbook: a Prep, a Battle, an Enhancement and a Blitz. Then lock in your plan.

Hand 0 of 4 chosen

Skillbook

Play a live game

Want to try Oathen right now? Join the beta at play.oathen.gg, and hop into our Discord to find opponents. The full rulebook is there whenever you need to settle a question.