Tiny Tactics updates

Challenges

2026-10-08T00:00:00Z

60 bite-size tactics puzzles and a new one every day. Find the winning move.

🧩 Puzzles

Challenges is a new mode on the title screen: short tactics puzzles like "destroy the artillery this turn" or "keep the commando alive through the enemy turn"
60 puzzles in 9 themed packs: Bootcamp drills, Artillery, Capture, Defence, Transport, Air, Naval, Powers and Mixed
Every puzzle is checked by a solver, so there's always a real solution, and luck is off, so damage is exactly what the forecast says
Stuck? Four hints, from a nudge to the key unit, the key tile and finally the full solution played out on the board
Reset the turn as often as you like, and earn up to three stars per puzzle

📅 Puzzle of the day

A new puzzle every day (it changes at 06:00 UTC), with a streak to keep going
Share your result with a tap

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Fog of war

2026-10-07T20:00:00Z

You only see what your units see. Scout ahead, hide in the forest, and spring an ambush.

🌫️ Fog of war

Fog of war is here: you only see what your units can see. Unseen ground turns a cool grey-blue under a drifting mist, so you can still read the terrain and who owns which building, but not where the enemy is
Forests and reefs hide units unless an enemy is right next to them, and infantry on mountains see much further
Ambush! Run into a hidden enemy and your unit stops short, with no action left
Moves into unknown ground are final: you see what you found before choosing to attack, wait or capture
Enemy funds stay secret, and transports only show how many units they carry
Last-seen markers show where you last spotted enemy units (you can turn them off in Settings)

🎮 Where to play it

Turn on Fog of war in Skirmish house rules, against the CPU or a friend on the same screen
Hotseat games cover the board between turns so nobody can peek
Online rooms have a Fog of war switch too, with a fog badge and filter in the lobby. Each player's game only ever receives what they can see, and spectators watch at least a round behind
Fog works in daily games and replays too: replays let you switch between each player's view
Fog games are unrated for now

🪂 Campaign

Night Drop (The Longest Beach, mission 2) now plays at night, by torchlight: warm pools of light around your troops and dark blue night everywhere else. The anti-air guns, the river sentry and the day-2 tanks stay hidden until you get close

🤖 A fair CPU

The CPU plays by the same rules: it only sees what its own units see and never cheats. Harder CPUs remember where they last saw you and scout more

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A new Online hub

2026-10-07T00:00:00Z

One click to a game, live or daily, and your daily games right where you can see them.

⚡ Quick play

Quick play: pick Blitz, Rapid or Standard and you're in. You join whoever has waited longest, or open a game for the next player to find
Each clock shows how many players are waiting at it, so you can see where the action is
Signed-in players get rated games; guests play casual

📮 Daily games, front and centre

Daily sits right next to the live clocks: a move a day, at your own pace. One click accepts the oldest open challenge, or posts a new one
A Your move banner at the top of the hub when daily games are waiting on you, with a Play button that opens the next one
Your daily games now sit on the hub itself: the most urgent first, with the time left on each
"My games" is now called Daily games, on the title screen too

🔎 Browsing

Open, Daily and Watch tabs, with live counts: a red dot on Watch shows battles happening now
Finished games (replays) now live under Watch → Finished
Search and filters tuck away until you need them
Nothing open? The list now offers to host a game or watch a live one instead of just saying it's empty

🧹 Tidier

Board style and chat settings fold into your profile card, and Leaderboards moved there too
Create a room and join by code sit together under the quick play buttons

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Play at your own pace

2026-10-02T12:00:00Z

Correspondence games are here: take your turn whenever you like, and we'll tell you when it's your move.

📮 Correspondence games

New Correspondence pace: take your turn whenever you like, with hours or days per move instead of a ticking clock
You choose the time per turn: 1 hour, 12 hours, 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days or a custom limit
Close the tab and come back later: leaving never forfeits the game
Miss your deadline and your opponent can claim the win, so keep an eye on the clock

🎮 Your games, your way

My games shows every game you're in, with the ones waiting for you on top and how much time is left
Since you last looked: your opponent's moves play back when you open a game (or skip straight to now)
Open challenges: find a public game waiting for an opponent, or send a friend your room link
Rated correspondence games count toward their own leaderboard

🔔 Notifications

Get a notification when it's your move, with a snapshot of the board
Reminders when your time is running out, and when a game ends
Turn them on in Settings, or when you start your first correspondence game (needs an account; on iPhone, add the game to your Home Screen first)

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Climb the leaderboards

2026-10-02T03:30:00Z

Accounts, rated matches and leaderboards are here. Every win now counts.

🔑 Accounts

Sign in with an email code to keep your games, name and history on every device (no passwords)
Played as a guest? Your games and wins come with you when you sign up
Pick a username, a commander portrait as your avatar and a flag, with a searchable country picker
Export or delete your data any time from your profile

🏆 Rated play & leaderboards

Rated 1v1 matches for signed-in players, with Blitz, Rapid and Standard ratings
See your rating change after every rated match, and ratings next to every name
Leaderboards: Global, by Country, this season's Autumn League 2026, and special Events
Tap any name to see their profile and rating history

✨ Polish

Screen transitions now show where you're going: commander faces when a battle starts, campaign art for campaigns
Keep an eye out: once in a while, a transition does something silly
Choice buttons glide to your pick, and the briefing buttons no longer hide their labels
"Play this map" and "Play as …" on tinytactics.app now open the game with that map or commander ready
New Updates page with every patch note: tinytactics.app/updates

🐛 Fixes

Sign-in codes are delivered reliably, with a fresh design
Fixed occasional "Something went wrong" errors when signing in

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Jump straight into battle

2026-10-01T14:58:00Z

A snappier first mission, one-click attacks, and no more mystery counters.

⚡ Faster start

Bootcamp's first mission gets you on the board in seconds: a quick wake-up call from Poppy, then it's your turn
The other instructors now introduce themselves in the missions they teach: Shellby on defence, Kaboomski on explosions, Zip on flying, Pebble on boats
Every story scene has a clear Skip button

🎯 Easier attacks

Select a unit and press A (or click an enemy) to aim right away: your unit picks the best spot to attack from, and a second click fires
Crosshairs mark every enemy your selected unit can hit this turn

🛡️ Counterattacks explained

The attack preview now tells you why an enemy won't hit back: practice dummy, out of range, out of ammo and more
Practice dummies are clearly labelled, and Poppy explains counterattacks the first time one hits you
Mission 2 is your first real fight: the drill sergeants hit back

🐛 Fixes

Commanders no longer repeat the same line battle after battle (bye bye, endless "Hugs for the whole squad!")

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Every soldier has a face

2026-10-01T13:39:00Z

Your toy army got personality, and Settings got a tidy new home.

😀 Soldier faces

Every toy soldier now has his own face: different eyes, brows, smiles, moustaches, freckles, glasses and more, with 8 skin tones and 7 hair colours
Faces react to the battle: eager when selected, angry when firing, worried when hurt, grinning after a kill, cheering when you win
Infantry are wide-eyed rookies, mechs are grizzled veterans, and the history eras get their own beards and moustaches

⚙️ New Settings

Settings now has tabs: Game, Board, Graphics, Sound and Privacy
Every setting explains itself in one line, and on/off options are now simple switches
Peek at the board while changing board or graphics settings mid-game
Reset a tab or everything back to defaults
Comfortable on phones too: thumb-sized tabs and a swipeable board picker

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Smoother, clearer, fairer

2026-10-01T13:33:00Z

Silky-smooth turns, a board that's easier to read, and campaigns that ramp up properly.

🚀 Performance

Fixed choppy unit movement: selecting, moving and CPU turns run at full frame rate again
No more stutter when hovering units
New Graphics quality setting (Auto/High/Medium/Low): Auto picks the best fit for your PC
Running without hardware acceleration? The game now tells you how to turn it on
Still laggy? Add ?fps to the URL and send us the numbers

👀 Easier to read the board

Owned buildings sit on a team-coloured base (with a pattern for colour-blind players)
A unit standing on a building no longer hides it: look for the small badge
Unit card: HP is now the big bar, fuel and ammo clearly labelled, drag or pin the card out of the way
Anti-air and artillery look clearly different now, in every era

🎮 New turn bar

"Next unit" and "End turn" merged into one control
Units left → Next unit leads, End turn stays quiet
All done → End turn lights up yellow
Factory chip jumps to buildings that can still build

🖼️ Board picker

Real screenshots of every board instead of drawings

⚖️ Campaign balance

Bootcamp friendlier for new commanders: gentler Graduation Day, no endless repairs in Boom Practice
The other campaigns ramp up properly, with tougher finales and fewer missions you can win by just pressing End Turn

🔒 Privacy

Anonymous usage stats help us find laggy setups and frustrating missions
Turn them off any time in Settings → Privacy

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