Show HN: Machinations – a multiplayer strategy game where LLM is the game master
Machinations is a multiplayer strategy game that uses a large language model as the game master. The game is currently in open beta, allowing anyone with a name to create an account and join the realm. Players interact through a Discord community where they can view leaderboards, trade grievances, and plan future sessions.
- ▪The game lets players dispatch agents, run schemes, and watch the realm resolve actions whether they are online or not.
- ▪Signup is open to anyone without an invitation, and the service is free during the beta period.
- ▪A guided tour and primer are combined in a single guide kept by the character Sable of Tidewatch.
- ▪The community gathers on Discord to discuss strategies, share grievances, and coordinate upcoming games.
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| Original publisher | Tpk |
| Canonical URL | https://machinations.tpk.gg/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:26:51 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-21T23:06:08.213Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-21T23:06:08.213Z |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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MachinationsA game of beautiful kingdoms and terrible people.Sign up freeSign inSend agentsDispatch your pawns across a living map: to watch a rival, claim a seat, or stand quietly near trouble.Run schemesCommit plots and decide how much coin and care each deserves. The realm resolves them whether you are watching or not.Return to a changed worldHours pass between visits, and your rivals do not wait. Come back to consequences, some of them yours.Meet the game: take the guided tour →Word from the realmJuly 21, 2026One door into the courtThe tour and the primer are now a single guide, kept by Sable of Tidewatch. Walk it to the end and the heralds hand you a banner.July 21, 2026The gates stand openThe realm no longer asks for letters of introduction.
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