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[p][/p][p]In Stoneguard, you’re not a distant camera looking down on a tiny village, you are the Ruler of Earth, living and fighting alongside the last remnants of your people. You’ve fled the fallen capital with the Lifestone in hand, and every decision you make from that moment on determines whether humanity’s spark survives another night.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]By day, you walk the same paths your villagers do. You watch workers hauling stone to the walls you ordered built, hear the clang of iron as weapons are forged, and pass by the tents where injured defenders recover. Placing buildings, planning defenses, and assigning jobs all feel different when you know you’ll be the one sprinting across that same ground once the battle horn sounds.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Stoneguard is a third-person action-strategy game that puts players on the front lines as a commander who must personally engage in combat to defend their settlement against alien invasion. Success depends on the player's quick decisions, positioning, and gear choices while leading defenses, covering retreats, or launching counter-charges.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]As a reminder, our friends at Wandering Wizard are hosting an amazing giveaway where you have multiple chances to win an ASUS ROG G16 gaming laptop with a matching backpack. Enter here for your chance to win![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]
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[p][/p][p]In Stoneguard, every day is preparation and every night is a test. The sunlit hours feel almost calm on the surface, villagers working, production chains humming, walls slowly rising but every decision you make is really about one thing: will this be enough when darkness falls?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]By day, you juggle more needs than you can satisfy. Do you push your villagers to expand the outer walls, or shore up the weak spots you already know about? Do you invest in new weapons, more towers, or finally extend that resource line you’ve been putting off? Food, materials, defenses, and more compete for the same limited time, and the truth is simple: you can’t do everything before sundown.[/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The moment the sun dips below the horizon, the atmosphere shifts abruptly. Daily routines halt, the horn blares, and attention narrows to the Lifestone. This transition instantly reveals the consequences of any daytime shortcuts: the incomplete wall, the unstaffed tower, or the gate whose upgrade was deferred "until tomorrow." Every night serves as a clear judgment on your earlier planning, transforming minor neglect into a frantic defense along your fortifications.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]
Surviving in Stoneguard is about learning this rhythm. A “good” day doesn’t just mean productivity, it means setting yourself up for a night where you’re reacting with strategy, not panic. As you keep playing, you’ll start to feel that point in the afternoon where you stop dreaming big and start locking in the essentials, because you know what’s coming when the sky goes dark. In the end, Stoneguard isn’t just about building a strong settlement, it's about mastering the cycle of one more day earned, one more night endured.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]As a reminder, our friends at Wandering Wizard are hosting an amazing giveaway where you have multiple chances to win an ASUS ROG G16 gaming laptop with a matching backpack. Enter here for your chance to win![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Thank you,[/p][p] [/p][p]William and Honor[/p][p]ThornSpire Games[/p]

[p][/p][p]In Stoneguard, your arsenal is the foundation of your defense, not just a collection of gear. The weapons you equip are critical to your strategy, determining how effectively you can hold back the darkness. Whether you rely on simple spears and sturdy shields, formidable heavy blades, or accurate ranged weaponry, the choices you make are the difference between your villagers repelling the horde at the walls or being quickly overwhelmed.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]By day, you’ll gather materials and invest precious resources into your armory. Every ingot, plank, and rare component you spend on weapons is something you’re not using on walls or towers, so each craft is a deliberate choice. Do you arm a few elite defenders with high quality gear, or spread simpler weapons across the entire village so everyone can stand and swing when the battle horn sounds?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Weapons fundamentally define your combat style, not just your damage output. Lighter, faster arms are ideal for flanking, utilizing wall movement, and exploiting weak points. In contrast, heavier weapons are superior for eliminating the toughest adversaries. Although ranged weaponry can clear out enemy hordes before they reach your defenses, its effectiveness depends entirely on safe, well-planned platforms and positions for your archers.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Whether you lean on quick wooden weapons, brutal stone tools, or dependable iron arms, your loadout will shape how each night in Stoneguard feels. As we continue developing the game in Early Access, we’ll be closely tuning how these materials handle, hit, and hold up under pressure so every swing and shot feels distinct and intentional. No matter which path you choose for your armory, every wooden shaft, stone edge, and iron blade should feel worthy of defending the Lifestone.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]As a reminder, our friends at Wandering Wizard are hosting an amazing giveaway where you have multiple chances to win an ASUS ROG G16 gaming laptop with a matching backpack. Enter here for your chance to win![/p][p]
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[p][/p][p]The beacon your enemies are drawn to, the reason your people fled the capital and the one object you cannot afford to lose. As long as the Lifestone endures, there’s a chance to rebuild, to heal and push back the alien onslaught, even if your walls are broken and your villagers are battered.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Protecting the Lifestone isn’t just about stacking walls around it. [/h3][p][/p][p]It’s about everything that comes before the first claw hits the stone: [/p]

• [p]How you shape your settlement, [/p]
• [p]Who you assign to gather what [/p]
• [p]What you’re willing to sacrifice if the front line starts to crumble. [/p]
• [p]Do you pull defenders back early to make sure some survive to fight another night, or do you commit everyone to a last stand at the Lifestone?[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]The Lifestone also represents your ability to recover. [/h3][p][/p][p]As long as it’s safe, there are ways to mend wounds, replace lost limbs with crude prosthetic limbs, and turn yesterday’s disaster into tomorrow’s lesson. [/p][p]Losing a defender hurts, but losing the Lifestone ends everything. That tension sits at the center of every wave: what are you willing to spend in bodies, resources, and time to buy the Lifestone one more night?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]As you play, we’d love to see how you build around the Lifestone. [/h3][p][/p][p]Do you bury it in layers of stone and towers, or keep it closer to the working heart of the village? [/p][p]We encourage you to share screenshots of your Lifestone layouts, your desperate last stands, and the moments where you saved it with seconds to spare, as your stories help us tune how hard the hordes hit, and how satisfying it feels when your defenses hold.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]As a reminder, our friends at Wandering Wizard are hosting an amazing giveaway where you have multiple chances to win an ASUS ROG G16 gaming laptop with a matching backpack. Enter here for your chance to win![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h3]Thank you,[/h3][p][/p][p]William and Honor[/p][p]ThornSpire Games[/p]

[p][/p][p]In Stoneguard, your villagers are more than background workers they’re the heart of your defense, ready to trade tools for weapons the moment the battle horn sounds.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]By day, they till fields, chop wood, mine stone, and haul resources back to town, quietly keeping the lifeblood of your settlement flowing. Every wall segment, tower, weapon, and prosthetic limb exists because someone planted crops, smelted ore, or worked the forge instead of standing on the front line. You’ll learn their routines, assign their jobs, and build your entire strategy on the backs of these ordinary people just trying to survive another day beneath an alien sky.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]But when dusk settles and the battle horn echoes across the settlement, those same villagers drop their tools, grab their gear, and sprint for the walls. The farmer you relied on for food becomes a shieldbearer at the gate. The blacksmith who spent the day crafting iron weapons now swings one from the battlements. Your choices in the daylight directly affect who’s ready to stand and fight once the night’s onslaught begins.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]It’s up to you to decide who stays in the fields a little longer and who must be pulled off vital production to answer the horn. A short-handed wall might fall, but an empty granary means starvation down the line. In Stoneguard, every villager wears two faces, worker and warrior. True leadership is knowing when to let them live a quiet day, and when to call them to the ramparts and ask them to risk everything for the Lifestone.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]As a reminder, our friends at Wandering Wizard are hosting an amazing giveaway where you have multiple chances to win an ASUS ROG G16 gaming laptop with a matching backpack. Enter here for your chance to win![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]Thank you,[/p][p][/p][p]William and Honor[/p][p]ThornSpire Games[/p][p]
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