Bank
1. Spend scrap to seed
Scoop asteroids, bank the haul, then seed a minefield on the approach you expect the recontest to use. Empty pockets plant nothing.
Mines · growth_mines_20260929
Scatter the approach. Deny the recontest. Own the lane.
CLASHROIDS mines are deployable minefields — scatter area denial on hex approaches so overextenders pay before they reach your tile. Distinct from turrets (fixed guns on claimed hex). Free in the browser. Steam Coming Soon (app 4296990) — wishlist toward 10K+.
How mines deny
Scatter
2. Cover the approach
Mines are scatter denial — not a fixed gun on the hex. Seed the lane into your tile so the first ship through softens the wave.
Not turrets
3. Denial ≠ guns
Turrets root on claimed hexes and shoot. Mines float the approaches and punish pathing. Use both: guns hold the tile; mines tax the inbound.
Hold
4. Let the field work
Seed before the fistfight, then rotate with your fleet. A mined approach buys seconds — seconds win recontests.
Why mines win approaches
- » Area denial taxes greed — fleets that rush unseeded lanes eat free damage.
- Mines complement turrets: fixed guns on the hex, scatter denial on the path in.
- Seed after you read the approach, not during the brawl — placement beats panic.
- Scrap spent on mines is scrap that never reaches the enemy bank.
Go deeper
- Turrets — fixed guns on claimed hexes (complement, not the same).
- Scrap — rocks → bank → spend loop that seeds fields.
- Hex — territory paint and Domination map control.
- Arena — Domination / map-control pitch.
- Ships — Bastion holds, Interceptor peels, Vanguard spears.
- Wishlist — Steam app 4296990, free browser + Early Access goal.