Clash of Skulls is a castle-battle strategy game that sits between tower defense and lane-pushing. You build up your own side, send fighters toward the enemy, and try to break the opposing base before yours is broken. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, and it is played almost entirely with the mouse.
If you came to Bloons TD for the pleasure of placing things well and watching a plan hold, this is a close cousin. The thinking is the same: what to buy, where to put it, and how much to save for the next round. The difference is that you are also attacking, not only defending.
Pick a tower or unit from the bar and click where it should go, then start the wave. Waves are the rhythm of the game. You place, you launch, you watch how the fight goes, and then you spend what you earned on upgrades before the next one starts.
The break between waves is where the game is decided. Fighting is mostly watching, so your choices come in the planning phase.
Cursed Treasure 2 and Castle Defender Saga are closer to classic defense, where you hold a position against incoming enemies. War of Sticks and Era Evolution lean toward building an army and pushing forward, which is nearer to what Clash of Skulls asks of you. King Rugni Tower Conquest mixes both ideas. The Bloons games themselves are pure defense, with balloons instead of armies.
It suits a short break on a laptop or Chromebook, since the mouse is all you need. Progress is kept in your browser, so you can return to it later on the same device.
Use the mouse. Pick a tower or unit from the bar, click where it should go, then start the wave. Between waves, spend what you earned on upgrades.
Yes. It is free to play in your browser on bloonstd.org, with no download or account.
It is an HTML5 build, so it runs in a modern browser. Because it is played with the mouse, a laptop or Chromebook is the easiest way to play.
