The Siege of the Iron Ford

Battlefield: open grassland under a clear sky · 8 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.

SIDE B · nightowl92

Killer Bee Swarm

Roster army: 🐝 Killer Bee Swarm

A swarm of roughly 2 million Africanized honeybees that pursue anything that disturbs them for hundreds of meters.

ROUND 1 OF 3

Killer Bee Swarm rise from the ground in a roaring black cloud. Across open grassland under a clear sky, Lone Sherman rumbles onto open grassland under a clear sky, turret traversing slowly.

ROUND 2 OF 3

Lone Sherman rakes Killer Bee Swarm with machine-gun fire. Killer Bee Swarm lose thousands to swats, smoke and wind.

ROUND 3 OF 3

Lone Sherman fires high explosive into the thick of Killer Bee Swarm. Killer Bee Swarm disperse into nothing over open grassland under a clear sky.

» The 75mm fires one last time and Killer Bee Swarm is no more.

THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT

Lone Sherman has a clear edge: immune to pre-modern weapons and 75mm gun and machine guns. Killer Bee Swarm needs its overwhelming numbers to land early, or fragile individually will decide it.

Immune to pre-modern weapons
Fragile individually
The battlefield: open grassland under a clear sky

MVP: The bow machine-gunner

Lone Sherman holds open grassland under a clear sky, bloodied but victorious. Killer Bee Swarm 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.

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