emata is your

A nerdy, tactical fast paced mech game in a dystopian setting using normal playing cards: Equipment, builds, abilities, fast to play, action points with an ever evolving mech and equipment pool. Online, offline or with paper on table. You decide.

own game

It’s a truly free open source project that you may play, develop and spread. You got the power and no greedy corporation is taking it away. Port it to anything you like, release new expansions or enjoy as it is. It’s truly of and for the players.

THE RULES

We have a pretty stable rules framework. Check it out or watch a video for a quick learn-to-play with the developer. We’re probably unique with what we have here.

read the rules

PAPER GAME

Everything you need to print and play the game, or develop it as digital photos for top quality and thicker paper: All mechs, equipment- and mod cards that are currently in playtesting are here and continually updated as feedback reaches us from you.

get the PDF

DIGITAL GAME

You always automagically get the latest version of the game by using Tabletop Simulator and Steam on Windows, Mac and Linux. The digital version of EMATA is free, and you can play it online or offline. It’s a reflection of the paper version and is in playtesting.

steam

SOURCES

Yes, here are our work files – the sources – all you need to modify and keep developing the game, or fork and create one of your own. You’ll need open source goodness like Inkscape. Please notice that all our assets are copyleft, released using the GPL2 and later.

svg & hugs

Watch the tutorials!

Learn the game by watching our step-by-step tutorials if reading the rules isn’t your thing…

TUTORIAL VIDEOS

Support us! Everyone can help somehow...

We’re a purely community driven project and need help in order to further develop new content. Consider helping us – it means a lot.

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