One Page Rules unveils Horde Mode for solo, co-op survival games
Horde Mode gave painted swarms a new job: survive endless waves in solo, co-op, or head-to-head play across six One Page Rules systems.
Endless enemy waves are exactly the kind of excuse a painter needs to finish the backlog. One Page Rules turned Horde Mode into a practical home for those half-built squads, monster packs, and themed enemy collections that look great on the shelf but need a reason to hit the table.
The format, announced May 21, 2026, let players run battles solo, co-op, or competitively against an opponent controlling the horde. Instead of a standard matched game, Horde Mode asked players to survive wave after wave and keep scoring long enough to rack up a high score. That pushed the mode closer to a survival challenge or endurance scenario, which immediately makes dense infantry blocks, monster swarms, and cinematic enemy waves feel more valuable to build, base, and speed-paint.
One Page Rules backed the launch with official Horde Mode downloads across six systems: Age of Fantasy - Horde Mode v3.5.0, Age of Fantasy: Quest - Horde Mode v2.0.0, Age of Fantasy: Skirmish - Horde Mode v3.5.0, Grimdark Future - Horde Mode v3.5.0, Grimdark Future: Firefight - Horde Mode v3.5.0, and Grimdark Future: Star Quest - Horde Mode v2.0.0. Every one of those resource entries was updated on May 21, 2026, giving the release a clean, coordinated push across the company’s fantasy and sci-fi lines.
For miniatures hobbyists, the appeal is easy to read in the game pages themselves. Grimdark Future is framed around 30 to 50 models and a 60 to 90 minute play time, while Grimdark Future: Firefight is listed at 10 to 15 models and 40 to 60 minutes. Those are the kind of numbers that reward focused painting batches, not endless project sprawl. Horde Mode fits that rhythm neatly, especially for painters who like to finish a force in waves and see it used immediately.
The release also lands inside a wider One Page Rules ecosystem built around accessibility. The company said it has designed more than 1,000 sci-fi and fantasy miniatures since 2020, launched its third edition in 2023 with quickstart sets, and announced print-on-demand books in March 2026. Army Forge and the rest of the free resources have made that ecosystem unusually easy to enter, and Horde Mode extends the same logic into play itself.
For painters staring at a tray of unbased infantry or a monster regiment waiting for its final highlight pass, Horde Mode changed the calculation. It gave those collections a reason to exist in motion, not just in storage, and that is often the difference between a pile of plastic and a finished force.
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