You win as a team.

Divided is won through conquest or surrender. Your coalition wins by controlling every enemy Base State, or by forcing the opposing team to accept defeat before the map collapses around them.

Setup is part of the game.

Set out the game board, faction boards, a few acrylic pieces, and that’s it. There is no lengthy pre-game faction build. All factions start the same. All asymmetry comes from in-game decisions. The State Draft gets players making meaningful decisions immediately, creating asymmetry, rivalries, and table talk before the first battle even starts.

With our State Draft, build your faction before the war begins.

Want Long Florida? A Great Lakes powerhouse? Texas - the Lone Star State - all by itself? Do it. In the State Draft, players are given a set amount of starting capital, then take turns making one choice at a time.

Spend capital to claim states, buy and place a unit, or pass and save capital for later. Go tall, go wide, build around your rivals, and start the game with a faction that already feels like yours.

Coalition Warfare Changes Everything.

Divided is built around coalition play. Your faction belongs to a coalition with other factions, creating opportunities to support battles, protect key states, and swing critical moments with Contingency Cards. In team games, coordination is everything but Divided also supports 1v1 play, turning coalition warfare into a direct head-to-head contest.

The best teams coordinate pressure, bait responses, and decide when one player should make a sacrifice so the coalition can win. Will you save your cards for yourself or help your allies? You decide.

You are always engaged.

Divided keeps the game moving by letting players handle shared tasks at the same time. Everyone collects capital, draws cards, curates their hand, and buys units simultaneously. Decisions that affect the board, like movement and placing newly purchased units, happen in turn order, so timing still matters. The result is less downtime, faster rounds, and more reasons to stay locked in.

No fixed roles. No single right strategy.

Divided doesn’t tell you how your faction should play. Go heavy on units, lean into Spec Ops and Drones, build around tactical cards, invest aggressively in Global Alliances, or mix them however you want. Your strategy develops from the choices you make, not from a role assigned to you.

Coalition play opens even more possibilities. One player can invest heavily in Alliances so their teammates don’t have to, support battles with Contingency Cards, send reinforcements where they’re needed, or focus entirely on their own front. These aren’t predefined roles, they emerge naturally from how your coalition chooses to play.

Build the faction your war needs.

Every move shapes the battlefield.

Movement is Divided's strategic layer, determining where and when your plans unfold. Cards and Alliance abilities are powerful tools, but positioning decides when you can use them effectively. Units move at different speeds, creating a constant ebb and flow as players react, bait opponents, reinforce weak points, and push their front lines forward.

The two movement sub-phases give every decision weight. Advancing in one area may create an opportunity elsewhere, but it can also leave another flank exposed. And flanks matter in Divided.

Every unique State you attack or reinforce from can grant advantages in battle. Movement doesn't just decide where battles are fought, it creates meaningful tactical advantages.

Battles are where every decision comes together.

The cards you curated, the units you purchased, the Alliances you developed, and the movement across the map all shape the fight before the first die is rolled. During battle, your units roll dice for damage, while others can grant you additional cards mid-battle. Tactical Cards and Contingency Cards let you ambush, reinforce, repair, disrupt, and counter your opponents' plans.

When multiple battles erupt across the map, a new layer of tension emerges: commit everything to secure one decisive victory, or spread your resources across several fronts and risk losing them all. Winning isn't just about the battle, it's about managing the entire war.