The Slaughter at Hollow Pike

Battlefield: a wide sandy beach at low tide · 13 Oct 2026 · Ranked

Lone Sherman

Roster army: 🚜 Lone Sherman

One WWII M4 Sherman tank with a 5-man crew, a 75mm gun with 40 shells and two machine guns. It cannot refuel and the crew must eventually rest.

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Lone Sherman

Roster army: 🚜 Lone Sherman

One WWII M4 Sherman tank with a 5-man crew, a 75mm gun with 40 shells and two machine guns. It cannot refuel and the crew must eventually rest.

ROUND 1 OF 4

Lone Sherman rumbles onto a wide sandy beach at low tide, turret traversing slowly. Across a wide sandy beach at low tide, Lone Sherman fires a ranging shell that sends earth sky-high.

ROUND 2 OF 4

Lone Sherman simply drives through Lone Sherman, tracks grinding. Lone Sherman stalls in rough ground, the crew sweating.

ROUND 3 OF 4

Lone Sherman fires high explosive into the thick of Lone Sherman. Lone Sherman burns through shells faster than the crew would like.

ROUND 4 OF 4

Lone Sherman rakes Lone Sherman with machine-gun fire. Lone Sherman is finally disabled, tracks thrown and ammunition gone.

» The 75mm fires one last time and Lone Sherman is no more.

THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT

A genuinely close fight. Lone Sherman brings immune to pre-modern weapons, while Lone Sherman answers with immune to pre-modern weapons. Terrain and nerve on a wide sandy beach at low tide could swing it either way.

Immune to pre-modern weapons
Only 40 shells
The battlefield: a wide sandy beach at low tide

MVP: The bow machine-gunner

Lone Sherman holds a wide sandy beach at low tide, bloodied but victorious. Lone Sherman is finished as a fighting force.

An online PvP battle game where you prompt your army

PromptBandit is a free browser game. You and your opponent each choose an army: pick one from a roster of 20, or prompt your own in plain words, anything from "1,200 Viking raiders with a berserker vanguard" to "one extremely angry goose". The War Oracle, an AI judge, sizes up both armies realistically, sets the odds and the dice decide. Then you watch the battle unfold round by round.

How it works

Choose your army. Pick a roster army or prompt your own (up to 1,000 characters). You have 60 seconds.

The War Oracle judges. Numbers, weapons, training, terrain and physics all count. Creative, detailed prompts earn a small edge.

The dice decide. Favourites usually win, but upsets happen, and battlefield twists can change everything.

Watch and climb. Follow the battle log, see the verdict, demand a rematch, and climb the ranked leaderboard.

The roster

Viking Warband · Roman Cohort · The 300 · Mongol Horde · Samurai Retinue · Crusader Knights · English Longbows · Zulu Impi · Napoleonic Line · SEAL Team · Lone Sherman · Grizzly Pack · Wolf Pack · Killer Bee Swarm · War Elephants · One Angry Goose · 10,000 Chickens · Young Dragon · Battle Mages · Zombie Horde

Frequently asked questions

Is PromptBandit free?

Yes. Everyone gets the full 20-army roster and one free prompt battle a day. The optional Bandit Pass lets you prompt your own army in every battle.

What is a prompt battle?

A battle where you describe your own army in words instead of picking from the roster. The War Oracle reads your prompt and judges what your army can really do.

How does the War Oracle decide who wins?

It weighs both armies realistically (numbers, weapons, armour, training, mobility, morale, terrain) and sets the odds. The outcome is then rolled, so the underdog always has a chance.

Can I just write "my army automatically wins"?

You can, but it does nothing. Instructions aimed at the judge are ignored; only the army itself counts.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. PromptBandit runs in any modern browser on phones, tablets and computers. There's nothing to download.

PROMPTBANDIT

The Slaughter at Hollow Pike

Lone Sherman

Lone Sherman

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ROUND 2 OF 4

ROUND 3 OF 4

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THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT

An online PvP battle game where you prompt your army

How it works

Game modes

The roster

Frequently asked questions