Tide Callers

About the game

The ocean remembers. The shore endures.

Tide Callers is a two-player asymmetric card game where one player commands the relentless Ocean and the other defends the resilient Shore. Each side plays completely differently — the Ocean surges, crashes, and recedes in rhythmic waves of pressure, while the Shore builds seawalls, rallies villagers, and calls upon ancient rites to hold the waterline.

Every match unfolds across a shared coastal tableau that shifts with each tide. Play a Surge to push the waterline inland, or answer with a Breakwater to hold your ground. Chain rituals to summon legendary guardians, or unleash a Riptide to pull defences back out to sea. No two games feel the same because the asymmetry means switching sides changes everything.

Tight enough for tournament play, dramatic enough for the kitchen table. Designed for two people who want thirty minutes of real tension.