Radiant: Offline Battle Arena

About this board game

Radiant: Offline Battle Arena is a fast-paced tactical strategy card game for two players, with games lasting around 50 minutes. Inspired by multiplayer online battle arenas, it challenges rival teams of heroes to destroy their opponent’s divine conduits and bring a powerful deity into play.

Every game begins with a tense draft. Players alternate choosing heroes from a shared pool until each has assembled a team of three, while also banning heroes to remove them from the available selection. This creates a contest of nerve and adaptability, as you read your opponent’s plans and look for picks that can disrupt their strategy.

Each hero contributes a unique ten-card deck, including one powerful Ultimate ability. Combine the three hero decks into a 30-card play deck, then use it alongside your heroes’ individual strengths and skills. Different combinations support different approaches, offering many paths to victory and strong replay value.

• Draft a team of three heroes from a shared pool.
• Build a 30-card deck by combining their three hero decks.
• Battle across three lanes, each containing one conduit for each player.
• Destroy all three opposing conduits to force the enemy deity to manifest.
• Defeat the manifested deity to win the game.

Success in ROBA depends on using your heroes to their fullest while exploiting the weaknesses of the opposing team. The colorful and diverse cast, combined with its dynamic deck-drafting system, makes every matchup a fresh tactical puzzle.

Designed by Jack Murray and tested by more than one hundred playtesters worldwide, Radiant: Offline Battle Arena is easy to teach in five minutes yet offers a demanding challenge for experienced gamers.