Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft asymmetrical heroes, push minion waves, hunt jungle monsters, buy items, and coordinate a team assault on the enemy nexus across two MOBA maps.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Multi-Use Cards
Use the same card in different ways, making each play a trade-off.
Multiple Maps
Actions occur across more than one linked board or geographic scale.
Read the full game description
Onward distils the structure of a multiplayer online battle arena into a competitive two-team board game. Each side drafts four asymmetric heroes and divides them between one or two players. Hero turns use movement, attacks, spells, and reactive casts to contest lanes, jungles, and the river; fallen monsters provide gold for a market of colour-coded items. Minions advance and siege automatically, towers guard the routes into each base, and a colossal outsider arrives as a dangerous shared objective. An initiative token determines which team shops and plans first, so timing a hero, card, or purchase can swing an entire lane. The double-sided board supports two- and three-lane maps, while sixteen heroes and forty-eight items create varied team compositions. Victory is immediate when a team destroys the opposing nexus.
