RIFTSTATE//9 2026

NINE TURNS. ONE GRID. CONTAIN THE SYSTEM. RIFTSTATE//9 is a free solo print-and-play dice strategy game about containing a rogue AI fractured into nine hostile States. Each State gives you just nine turns to build a 3×3 grid. Roll two dice, choose one, convert it into a symbol and decide where to place it. Build Data Chains, avoid Traps and prepare for the AI's Countermeasures. The rules are simple. The decisions aren't. Every roll gives you something to work with — but where you place it, what you build around it and what you're willing to sacrifice is up to you. Then the AI fights back. Each of the nine States behaves differently and changes what a good decision looks like. A strategy that contains one State can get torn apart by the next. There are no upgrades and no abilities to unlock. The grid resets. You don't. Learn how each State fights. Adapt your strategy. Contain all nine before your Containment Protocols are gone. ROLL // CHOOSE // PLACE // EXECUTE

—description from the designer