No download

Play a card game in your browser. No download.

Boomstick City runs in the browser you already have open. There is nothing to download, no installer, no app store, no launcher, and no patch to sit through. Click the link, and you are in a match. It works the same on a desktop and on your phone, held sideways. That is the whole pitch. The rest of this page is just proof.

Open the page. You are in a match.

Most card games ask for a lot before they ask for a game. Download a few gigabytes. Wait for the install. Make an account. Accept the launcher's update. Then queue.

Here the whole chain is one step. You open the page and the tutorial drops you into a real fight, spending Volts and playing Survivors, before you have decided whether you like it. You learn the game by playing the game, not by watching a progress bar.

When you want out, you close the tab. Nothing is left running on your machine. There is no uninstaller to hunt down in a settings menu.

Nothing installs. Nothing to keep updated.

Because it lives on the web, the version you load is always the current one. There is no patch day. No wall that reads 'a required update is available' between you and a match you had two minutes for.

There is nothing sitting in your app list, nothing taking up storage, nothing asking for background permissions. You are not trusting an executable, you are opening a web page. Trying it costs one click, and leaving costs closing a tab.

That matters more than it sounds. The reason to play a game in the browser is not novelty. It is that the fifteen minutes you actually have get spent on the match, not on setup.

Same game on your phone. Just turn it sideways.

Your phone browser is a real browser, so the game runs there too. No separate mobile download, no app store review queue, no 'available on iOS soon.' The same page, the same match, the same account if you make one.

Phones play in landscape, so hold it sideways and the board fits the way it is meant to. A match is short, usually around eight turns, which is roughly one bus ride or one coffee. No forty-minute grind you have to schedule around.

You can start a match on a laptop and finish the night on a phone. Same page, either way.

What it costs you to try: one click.

You do not spend anything, and you do not download anything, to find out whether the game is for you. All four starter decks are free from the start, so you are not locked out of a crew while you learn.

There is an economy under the hood later on, Gold for packs and cosmetics, but none of that stands between you and the first match. If you want the details on what is free and what is not, that lives on its own page.

So there is nothing left to arrange. The link below opens a match.

Common questions

Do I need to download anything to play?

No. Boomstick City runs entirely in your web browser. There is no installer, no launcher, no app store, and no patch to download. You open the page and the tutorial puts you into a match right away. When you are done, you close the tab and nothing stays on your device.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. Your phone's browser runs the same game, with no separate app to install. Phones play in landscape, so turn the phone sideways and the shared board fits properly. Matches are short, usually around eight turns, so a game fits into a short break.

Do I need an account to try it?

No. You can jump straight into a match without signing up. All four starter decks are free from the start. Making an account is optional and only matters later, for saving progress and cosmetics across devices. To just try the game, you need nothing but the link.

What browsers work?

Any modern browser works: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, and the browser built into your phone. Keep it reasonably up to date. Because the game lives on the web, you are always loading the current version, so there is never an update to install on your end.

what is free and what is not · the four free starter crews · how a turn works

Nothing to download. Just play.

Click the link and the tutorial drops you into a real match. Desktop or phone, no install, no account needed to start.

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