Fractured China — Warlord Era

China’s Warlord Era as a strategy map: the Fengtian, Zhili and southern cliques across 30 territories, from Manchuria to Yunnan. Free, browser-based, no signup.

Four sea routes in total, so this is a board about interior lines and nothing else. The treaty ports of Jiangnan pay +6 off only four territories — the richest square foot in the game — and the Northern Frontier and Xinjiang are cheap, wide and nearly indefensible. Rich and small versus poor and vast, which is roughly the period’s argument.

The board

Territories

30

Regions

9

Routes

4 sea routes of 64 (6%).

Players

2–8, any mix of people and AI

Price

Free. No download, no account required.

Regions and what they pay

Hold every territory in a region and it pays you reinforcements at the start of each of your turns. Bigger regions pay more and are harder to keep.

Fengtian Clique / Manchuria

3 territories · +4 per turn

Zhili Clique / North China Plain

5 territories · +5 per turn

Northern Frontier

3 territories · +4 per turn

Xinjiang

2 territories · +3 per turn

Tibet

3 territories · +3 per turn

Yunnan & Sichuan Cliques

3 territories · +4 per turn

Central China / Yangtze

3 territories · +4 per turn

Jiangnan & the Treaty Ports

4 territories · +6 per turn

Southern Cliques

4 territories · +4 per turn

Play it

Open Borderfall, start a game, and pick this map in the lobby. You can play it against AI on your own, or share a lobby link with friends. Guest play needs no account.