Understanding,
one move at a time.

Learn Heavy Games is an independent library of interactive 3D board game tutorials. Its goal is to make demanding games easier to learn by showing how an entire game develops.

What you’ll find here

These tutorials are authored, turn-by-turn playthroughs. They explain the moves, payments and changes on the board, with controls to inspect a position or revisit a checkpoint. They are teaching tools, with preset moves and outcomes.

Rules and sources

Each app includes its rule references and source notes. The release versions below are pinned so that a game and its explanations stay together. Rules checks reflect the date shown, and will be reviewed when a tutorial is updated.

• Pax Renaissance — v1.2.4, checked 8 September 2026. Publisher living rules and errata. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Hegemony — v1.0.3, checked 8 September 2026. Official rulebook v1.2. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Kemet — v1.0.4, checked 8 September 2026. Publisher rules and corrected power references. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Inis — v1.0.4, checked 8 September 2026. English third-edition rules · 2025. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Earth — v1.0.4, checked 8 September 2026. Publisher base rules, Abundance rules and FAQ. BoardGameGeek game page.
• SETI — v1.0.3, checked 8 September 2026. Publisher rules, FAQ and expansion references. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Forbidden Stars — v1.0.4, checked 8 September 2026. Official rules and FAQ v1.1. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Bios: Origins — v1.0.4, checked 8 September 2026. March 2023 rulebook and documented corrections. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Underwater Cities — v1.0.3, checked 11 September 2026. Publisher base rules and New Discoveries rules. BoardGameGeek game page.
• 1846 — v1.0.4, checked 11 September 2026. GMT 2021 second-printing rules and clarifications. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Nemesis: Retaliation — v1.0.2, checked 30 September 2026. Current publisher base rules and official FAQ v1.2. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Vijayanagara — v1.0.2, checked 2 October 2026. Current GMT base rules, March 2024 FAQ and printed faction aids. BoardGameGeek game page.
• Spirit Island — v1.0.2, checked 8 October 2026. Publisher base and Branch & Claw rules, official FAQ and printed card faces. BoardGameGeek game page.

Independent and unaffiliated

Game titles, artwork and rules remain the property of their respective owners. Each tutorial includes its publisher and source credits. These independent tutorials are not endorsed by the publishers.