Rivalry has rules
Raids, scouting, occupations, contested claims, and tactical deception inside the game can all be legitimate play.
How we gather
Concentrated participation, not an empty world.
Accounts alone do not create a healthy community. The public alpha concentrates play in one shared realm while we learn where players need guidance, moderation, and a place to talk.
Consequential contactShared geography, scouting, raids, occupation, and recovery create contact between real Houses.
Visible stewardshipOfficial discussion channels will open only with clear ownership, moderation, and escalation paths.
Honest capacityWe will not manufacture activity with an empty forum or promise community operations that are not staffed.
Community principles
Political conflict belongs in the world. Abuse does not.
The player is not the House
Attack a banner’s position, bargain, record, or strategy. Do not turn fictional conflict into real-world harassment or intimidation.
Reports stay private
Safety reports preserve exact context for review. Public accusation campaigns are not a substitute for a moderation process.
The first cohort
The public alpha currently places Houses in one shared realm so neighbors, targets, and claims can emerge without splitting a small population across empty worlds.
Participation is open at play.bannermarch.com. Balance, world state, and availability may change or reset while the alpha develops.
Communication inside the game
The current alpha does not include player-to-player messaging. Multiplayer contact happens through visible Houses, scouting, raids, occupations, and claims.
Players may communicate elsewhere, but no external server or account should be treated as official unless it is linked from bannermarch.com. Never share account credentials or session data with another player.
Forum and public channels
There is no public forum yet. An empty forum would fragment a small founding cohort and create moderation obligations before there is enough discussion to sustain it.
When an official discussion venue opens, it will be linked from this page and identified as official. It will open with staffed moderation, clear escalation, and enough active participants to make it useful.
If a channel, server, account, or site is not linked from bannermarch.com, do not assume it is operated by Bannermarch.
Feedback during development
Private account, technical, security, and conduct concerns belong in the support route. Do not post credentials, session data, private player information, or exploitable security details publicly.
For game, account, waitlist, or site questions, visit Support. For expected behavior and enforcement, read the Community Standards.