Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game

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Hi HN, I built this digital version of Tiao, a two-player turn based strategy board game. Think Checkers meets Go. It's free, runs in the browser, has multiplayer, AI, over the board mode and a lot of other neat things. The source is on GitHub (AGPL). The game was originally d...

Published: Apr 26, 2026
First seen: Apr 26, 2026

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

Primary public product URL is https://playtiao.com/.
Description: Hi HN, I built this digital version of Tiao, a two-player turn based strategy board game. Think Checkers meets Go. It's free, runs in the browser, has multiplayer, AI, over the board mode and a lot of other neat thing....
Listed on Hacker News as "Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game".
Source description: Hi HN, I built this digital version of Tiao, a two-player turn based strategy board game. Think Checkers meets Go. It's free, runs in the browser, has multiplayer, AI, over the board mode and a lot of other neat thing....
Source publish date is 2026-04-26.

Use Cases

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-26).
Primary public product URL is https://playtiao.com/.
Description: Hi HN, I built this digital version of Tiao, a two-player turn based strategy board game. Think Checkers meets Go. It's free, runs in the browser, has multiplayer, AI, over the board mode and a lot of other neat thing....
Listed on Hacker News as "Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game".

Why Now

Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

88.6

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

Listed on Hacker News as "Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game".
Source description: Hi HN, I built this digital version of Tiao, a two-player turn based strategy board game. Think Checkers meets Go. It's free, runs in the browser, has multiplayer, AI, over the board mode and a lot of other neat thing....
Source publish date is 2026-04-26.
Description: Hi HN, I built this digital version of Tiao, a two-player turn based strategy board game. Think Checkers meets Go. It's free, runs in the browser, has multiplayer, AI, over the board mode and a lot of other neat thing....
Primary public product URL is https://playtiao.com/.

Signals

Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-26).
Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Trust data is still pending

The evidence pipeline has not produced enough structured trust blocks for this product yet.

Unknowns

Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
No tagline is stored on the current product record.
Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

Evidence Snapshots

Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game
Listed on Hacker News as "Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game".
Source page snapshotCaptured: Apr 26, 2026
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Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game official profile
Primary public product URL is https://playtiao.com/.
Official websiteCaptured: Apr 26, 2026
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