Choose your expedition
Start with a complete faction deck and one of its two Companions.
AN ORIGINAL STRATEGY CARD GAME
Every road.
A new possibility.
Choose your faction. Grow your Companion. Build a deck that turns the unexpected into your next great move.
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FIELD NOTES / THE ELDERWAKESome roads are older than the map.
01 / A WORLD WORTH EXPLORINGYour journey begins here ↓
9Distinct factions
18Companion choices
30Cards in your deck
∞Ways to find your style
THE ROAD IS YOURS
Small decks.
Big decisions.
Waybound is a contest for the roads of a living world. Explore to earn Renown, challenge the characters in your way, and grow the Companion at your side.
Each turn asks a new question. Spend Charge on another ally, save it for a response, or make the move that opens a Route? Your choices shape the journey.
Read the game guide ↗Find the opening
Control three Routes. Protect explorers, challenge defenders and race for Renown.
Make it your own
Evolve your Companion. Refine your list. Discover a combination worth building around.
NINE FACTIONS. NINE PHILOSOPHIES.
Find your kind of strategy.
From lantern-lit refuges to the Atlas’s last machine-held gates, every faction brings a different way to win.
Hold the road. Bring everyone home.
Hearthbound
Healing, protection and durable defenders create room for your explorers.
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Read the wind. Find another way.
Skyrunners
Movement, precise Challenges and card selection reward careful route planning.
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Every threshold hides a possibility.
Veilborn
Use the temporary Netherway, displacement and curses to unsettle opposing plans.
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Make the opening. Seize the moment.
Ironmaw
Pressure defenders with Force, Challenge chains and rewards for qualifying defeats.
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Let them see the plan. Make it matter.
Hourglass Covenant
Foretell delayed effects publicly, plan ahead and exploit the timing of their resolution.
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Set the stage. Earn the encore.
Revelwild
Sequence Challenges and Encore effects to turn one action into an opening for the next.
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Build the position. Shape the contest.
Prismforge
Constructs hold Routes and support exploration; protect them while opponents seek ways to dismantle them.
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Keep something in reserve.
Vigilant Array
Retain Charge in Reserve and choose when to answer with a legal Reaction.
Try this factionPrepare the awakening. Change the next turn.
Elderwake
Commit to an Awakening, protect the preparation and resolve its effect on a later turn.
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OPEN ATLAS / MIXED-FACTION DECK BUILDING
The next great deck
could be yours.
What happens when one faction’s strengths meet another’s unexpected answer?
Explore cards from all nine factions. Combine a protective core with mobile explorers, shape a battlefield with Constructs, or time the play that changes everything. Thirty cards. Printed copy limits. Plenty left to discover.
THE ORIGINAL WAYBOUND DESIGN
A compass.
A world of possibilities.
Floating islands. Lantern-lit crossings. Roads waiting to be discovered.
The original Waybound illustration and its gold-and-teal card backs are part of the game’s identity. The world has grown to nine factions, while its compass still points toward the next journey.
The early Living Atlas concept sits alongside the shared back prepared for the original physical prototype. One shared design unites the cards at the table.
Explore the physical packs ↗
Where the journey began · First Footsteps
THE LIVING ATLAS. AT YOUR TABLE.
Find the pack
for your next journey.
Begin together with a two-deck Starter Pack, grow through Intermediate and Advanced Packs, or collect individual faction decks.
Starter Pack
Hearthbound + Skyrunners
Two complete decks in one pack. Discover durable defenders, healing and protection alongside agile explorers and precise movement.
- Hearthbound base faction deck
- Skyrunners base faction deck
- Companion forms and portable support cards for both
Intermediate Pack
A familiar faction. A new challenge.
Hearthbound + Ironmaw: two complete faction decks.
Choose Hearthbound or Skyrunners, paired with Ironmaw or Veilborn. Explore a more aggressive or disruptive approach to the Atlas.
Two decks · Four pairings · Coming at launchAdvanced Pack
Discover the deeper systems of the Atlas.
Hourglass Covenant + Revelwild: an example advanced pairing.
Explore combinations of Hourglass Covenant, Revelwild, Prismforge, Vigilant Array and Elderwake. Timing, sequencing and preparation reward practice.
Pairing previews · Final launch combinations to be announcedEvery two-deck pack includes base faction decks, their Companion forms and portable support cards. Mythbound rare cards and factionless Worldbound cards are sold separately from all base decks and packs.
BUILD YOUR COLLECTION, ONE FACTION AT A TIME
Individual Faction Decks
All nine factions will also be available separately. Preview any deck below.
PHYSICAL EDITION / INDIVIDUAL DECK PREVIEW
WAYBOUNDHearthboundTHE LIVING ATLAS · FACTION DECK
Packaging concept · actual prototype card face
IN DEVELOPMENT
Hearthbound Faction Deck
Healing, protection and durable defenders create room for your explorers.
- 30 cards in a ready-to-play base deck
- 2 Companion choices, each with five illustrated forms
- 7 Route, tracking and reference cards
A portable setup using the cards in your deck. Each player uses one faction deck. Two-deck packs include both players’ decks; Mythbound and Worldbound additions are sold separately.
Try Hearthbound online ↗Purchase links will appear here at launch.
Pricing, release dates and retail availability are not yet announced.
Individual Decks
Each of the nine base faction decks will be sold separately, with its Companion forms and portable support cards. Add a new strategy without buying another two-deck pack.
Preview a faction deck ↗Mythbound Cards
27 rare designs: a high-cost character, a valuable Tactic and a powerful low-cost character for each faction. Separate additions for refining your deck.
Explore Mythbound cards ↗Worldbound Cards
Moment of Possibility and Waystone Conduit bring new Charge options across factions. These two ultimate-rarity designs are separate from faction decks, packs and Mythbound additions.
Discover Worldbound cards ↗YOUR NEXT JOURNEY STARTS WITH A CHOICE
What will you
bring to the Atlas?
Digital playtest available now. Physical edition in development.