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AtlasTales
An atlas of world board games for ages 9–14: play three living classics from three continents — Alquerque, Brandubh (a Celtic siege game) and Oware (a West-African sowing game) — against a level-pickable study bot or a friend, then learn where and when each one comes from. One engine, many boards; on-device, nothing leaves your device.
#0E7490 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
AtlasTales's cast each embody one board-game move; the mapmaker Mapp unrolls each board and asks “where in the world is this from — and how do you win?” (Illustrated portraits are a tracked P2 follow-on; R-WEB-CLONE-MAY-PRECEDE-IOS.)
Mapp
(Mentor) the mapmaker — unrolls each world board and asks where it comes from and how you win
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Hopper
The jump (Alquerque) — leap the neighbour who sits next to you and land on the empty point just beyond
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Runa
The King's run (Brandubh) — slip along the open lines to reach a free corner before the trap closes
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Siege
The surround (Brandubh) — box the King in on all four sides at once to win the siege
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Sowa
The sower (Oware) — scoop a pit and scatter its seeds one at a time around the board
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Harva
The harvest (Oware) — land your last seed to make two or three, then gather them into your store
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What's inside
Learning goal
An atlas of world board games for ages 9–14: play three living classics from three continents — Alquerque, Brandubh (a Celtic siege game) and Oware (a West-African sowing game) — against a level-pickable study bot or a friend, then learn where and when each one comes from. One engine, many boards; on-device, nothing leaves your device.
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
Mentored by Mapp — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How AtlasTales handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
AtlasTales runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.
Coming to the App Store
AtlasTales is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
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