The Fractured Flat

The world has shattered! Our universe has splintered into dozens of shards, and we need to knit it back together! As dimension-hopping wizards, you will work to reunite the mutiverse in The Fratured Flat.

The Fractured Flat is a simple area-control board game, in development at Crab Fragment Labs. You will need 16 small tokens for each player, and the Fractured Flat game board, below.

Players take turns placing or moving their tokens on the board. You score points by occupying regions with dots (“cities”), and you also score points if neighboring regions are owned by your opponent. Each game takes 10 to 15 minutes.

• Rules: How to play The Fractured Flat (Version 1.6, 6/16/25)

• Fractured Flat Board (Version 1.6, 6/16/25)

• Play The Fractured Flat online at Greg Whitehead’s Down the Rathole

• Video: How to Make Game Boards

We are still tinkering with the details, but we hope you will give this game a try. We like the idea of printing a game board on a silk square, but for now we’re designing it for easy printing at DriveThruCards.

Do you like abstract games, and want to see more? Have a question or a comment? Let us know!

For other abstract games in a similar vein, you can check out Mapple, Prudh, and Linos, along with many others at The Pub.