Illustrated armies surrounding a valley at dawn
戰國 · An illustrated history & card archive

Before an empire,
seven states.

Enter the world of Qin and Zhao. Discover the people, ideas and formations behind every card in Fight the War.

China · The Warring States era
Conventionally 475–221 BCE
Encircling Manoeuvre
WS-029 · Illustrated interpretation
07Rival states
One changing world
42Illustrated designs
Every card explained
60Cards in the set
Two opposing armies
01 / The world behind the game

An age of rivalry.
A world in transformation.

Armies are only the beginning of the story.

Discover a period through its political experiments, military technologies and competing visions of power. Then see how those themes become decisions on a battlefield of cards.

History gives this project its setting. The game gives you a way to explore it.

Explore the Warring States ↗
Qin camp with black banners beneath mountain walls
Qin Command Camp · A modern illustrated reconstruction
04 / From the archive to the table

Learn to read
the battlefield.

Hidden ranks. Visible terrain. One action at a time. Learn the core rules and discover why a low-ranked unit can still matter.