Save your matches. A four or five tile match scores far more than three singletons of the same size. Watch the wave preview strips before every move and keep your board loose. Late game, a standing armoured group becomes a lifeline: it holds space while you chip it down.

Every hit against an armoured or titan tile deals one damage. Armour has three health, titans have nine. Group matches count as one hit per turn, so a fresh titan takes at least nine turns to break with steady same-colour matching.

Yes, if you enter the same email each time you save a score. Your email is hashed in your browser before it leaves the device, so the same hash always maps to you. We never see the address itself. Only your best score is ranked.

By design. Casual browser games ask too much when they demand a signup before showing you a leaderboard. The hashed-email trick gives you a stable identity without the friction. Accounts will arrive later as an option, when there is something worth logging in for.

The game only ends when the board is completely full AND no possible match remains on it. If a standing group of same-colour tiles is present (even armoured ones mid-crack), the game plays on because you still have an out. That grace window is a real strategic tool late game.

Free to play, no purchases, no in-game currency. Ads may run on the site to cover hosting, but never inside the game itself. No pay-to-win, ever.

Not yet, both are on the roadmap. When the service worker ships, you will be able to add QUAD to your home screen and play without a connection. Follow the dev log for updates.