Forward ARC: Cinematic Tactical Mech combat 2026

The world is dying. The old nations have fractured. Food, water, ports, coastlines, and industrial enclaves are now defended by the most valuable weapons humanity has ever built: the Armoured Reactive Chassis.

Forward ARC is a cinematic tactical mech combat game of high-speed manoeuvre, battlefield networks, collapsing infrastructure, and lethal armoured warfare. Players command towering ARCs — advanced mecha piloted by elite human commanders and supported by embedded AI — across a broken future Earth where every engagement matters and every loss is strategically devastating.

Battles are fast, brutal, and tactical. ARCs take cover, deploy drones, trigger countermeasures, launch missiles, absorb punishment, and exploit armour facings as commanders fight for position in a battlefield dominated by sensors, fire control, active protection systems, and decisive movement.

This free Core Rules edition gives you everything you need to enter the world of Forward ARC, including the core turn sequence, movement, targeting, terrain, reactivity, attacks, weapons, force assembly, ARC roles, starter faction material, training scenario, printable standees, tokens, terrain, loadouts, quick reference tables, and glossary.

Take command of one of humanity’s greatest technological breakthroughs. Drawing from western walkers through to anime inspired ARCs.