RoundedStrategy2

Ten years ago

Rounded Strategy (initially Napoleonian) was built by NowaHutaGames, a tiny independent studio from Kraków founded in 2012 by a group of strategy fans with no VC funding and high morale. After two years in stealth, the game debuted in May 2014 at Digital Dragons in Kraków and placed high in the Best of the Rest category at the Pocket Gamer Big Indie Pitch. In October 2014 we showed it at PGA in Poznań.

The idea was simple: tactical games are usually too complex for casual players. So we designed a combat system with no hexes and no grids, with as few buttons as possible, that plays well on a phone and still delivers deep tactics.

• Free-to-play with no premium currency: no gems and no time deficit, just strategy.
• Multiplayer: real-time PvP and an asynchronous mode where you build your stronghold's garrison to protect your gold from other players.
• Offline mode, two armies (Napoleon and Wellington), seven maps, Jokers in PvP battles.
• Cross-platform: Google Play, Amazon Appstore, Kongregate and 9FishGames in the browser.

Version 0.955 (April 2015) brought two armies and stable PvP battles, and the August 2015 Big Update added a reshaped economy, a new war system, a Joker Manager and an adaptive Full HD layout. We also shipped a special update for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

Today: Rounded Strategy 2 and Pagania

The same proprietary Rounded Strategy™ engine returns in two forms:

1. Rounded Strategy 2: a ground-up 3D rebuild in Three.js and WebGL (PWA, iPhone and desktop) with infantry, cavalry and artillery, morale, ballistics and action points. Release is imminent.
2. Pagania: a historical wooden tactical game for two players, designed and made in Poland from wood, resin, ink and paper, with no plastic and no generative AI. Swappable Terrain Maps use irregularly placed circles and connecting lines that allow manoeuvres impossible in hex games. It premiered at Święto Rękawki 2026 in Kraków, and the digital Pagania World (a free-to-play RPG that plays like a messenger) is announced for Fall 2026.