Tactics of the Woodland Realms

Paw & Claw

A turn-based tactics game of woodland armies. Raccoons, badgers, lions, red pandas and moles fight over every thicket and creek. Play it free in your browser.

Free. No install, no account. Works with mouse, keyboard, gamepad and touch.

The skirmish setup screen: choose a faction, a commander and a battlefield

Command the woodland

Paw & Claw is a turn-based tactics game in the spirit of Advance Wars. Pick an army, pick a commander, and fight for a map of meadows, brambles, creeks and ponds one move at a time. Capture outposts for funds, build militia and cavalry, catapults and hawk riders, and push toward the enemy headquarters before they reach yours.

It is made in Rust with the Bevy engine, and it runs the same game everywhere: in the browser (WebAssembly) or as a desktop build for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Five armies, one woodland

Every army fields the same twenty units in its own colours. What sets them apart is who leads them.

Western Frontier

Cunning survivalists of the wild frontier. Strike and fade.

Raccoon · Opossum · Coyote · Hawk · Armadillo

Northern Realm

Stalwart defenders of the ancient forests. Unbreakable lines.

Badger · Hedgehog · Stoat · Owl · Fox

Southern Pride

Mighty beasts of the savanna. Power and endurance.

Lion · Elephant · Rhino · Hyena · Cheetah

Eastern Empire

Disciplined armies of the rising sun. Strength in numbers.

Tanuki · Red Panda · Crane · Kitsune · Macaque

Nether Dominion

Relentless burrowers from below. They emerge without warning.

Mole · Anteater · Skunk · Shrew · Pangolin

A battle board: an island of grass, roads, workshops and outposts surrounded by water

Classic tactics, woodland scale

  • Capture outposts and storehouses for funds, then build at workshops, docks and roosts.
  • Twenty units on land, in the air and on the water: militia, cavalry, catapults, hawk riders, rafts and more.
  • Terrain matters: thickets and boulders shelter, creeks slow, roads speed you along.
  • Fog of war, weather, supply and stamina, just as the old campaigns taught us.
  • A map editor to paint your own battlefield.

28 commanders

Each brings everyday strengths, a CO Power and a Super CO Power that can turn a battle in one move.

Meet the commanders

The woods are waiting

Runs in any up-to-date browser with WebGL 2, on desktop, tablet and phone (held sideways).