BOMBARD
Dig in
Spend 520 supplies on your works. Sandbags soak up blasts, concrete holds, timber is cheap, and a fuel drum makes a fine trap. Your enemy builds in secret at the same time.
Bombard
Western Front, 1917. Dig in with sandbags, timber and concrete. Then lay your field gun against the wind, bracket the enemy battery and silence it before it silences you.
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1Commanders enlisted
0Battles fought online
0Shells fired
3Operations · 2 fronts
Orders of the day
How a battle is fought
Every battle is fresh ground, generated from a seed: ridges, trenches, shell holes and the sunken road. Two batteries face each other across no-man's land.
Lay the gun
Bearing, elevation and charge on brass handwheels. The wind changes every turn and the observers report the fall of shot, over or short, left or right.
Bombard
Shells crater the ground and works topple under real physics. Bring in a Zeppelin raid or a fighter strafing run, and keep firing until the other gun falls silent.
Three operations
Choose your war
Artillery duel
Gun against gun. The first battery to knock out the other's field gun holds the line.
Protect the H.Q.
Each side guards a headquarters compound, a radio mast and an ammunition dump. Destroy theirs and keep yours standing.
Convoy
Three lorries run the sunken road under fire. One side escorts them through and the other must stop two of the three. Roles swap on the rematch.
The ammunition bank
Seven ways to ruin a morning
HE ShellThe standard round. Always in stock.
Heavy ShellHuge blast, slower flight.
ShrapnelBursts at the apex into five.
Armour PiercingPunches through the first wall.
Smoke ShellBlinds the enemy observers.
Signal MarkerCalls in a Zeppelin raid.
Fighter StrafeA fighter rakes the mark.The online front
Fight commanders worldwide
Play against the computer or on one device as before, or go online and take on real opponents.
- Ranked battles: quick-match against a commander of your strength and climb from Gunner to Field Marshal.
- Private lines: open a battle with a five-letter code and share it with a friend.
- Friends: add comrades by friend code, see who is at the front and invite them to battle.
- Quick signals: "Well fired!", "Close one" and more. A full set of signals and nothing to moderate.
- Dropped signal? A battle survives a short loss of connection. Your game reconnects and carries on.
Mentioned in dispatches
The finest gunners
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Report for duty
Download Bombard
Free to play. Your guest account is made the moment you go online, and you can add an email later to carry it to another device.
Android
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Android 8.0 or newer. If you install from this page, Android asks you to allow installs from your browser.
Not yet issuedWindows
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Windows 10/11, 64-bit. Unzip it and run Bombard.exe.
Not yet issuedQuestions from the ranks
FAQ
Is Bombard free?
Yes. Every operation, map and shell is in the game for everyone, with no ads or purchases.
Do I need an account?
Only for online battles, and it is made for you: choose a callsign and you're in. To keep your rank on a new phone or PC, add an email and password from the online menu.
Can I still play offline?
Yes. You can play against the computer at three skill levels, with two commanders on one device, or over local Wi-Fi with the field telephone. None of these need the internet.
How does ranking work?
Ranked battles use an Elo rating starting at 1000. Beat a stronger commander and you climb further. Leaving a battle once the barrage has begun counts as a loss, and so does letting your turn clock run out.
My connection dropped mid-battle!
Your game reconnects on its own and the battle carries on where it was. If you are gone longer than the grace period, the battle goes to your opponent.
Someone is cheating or abusive.
Report them from the results screen in the game. Staff review every report.