Golem Arcana was a tabletop miniature wargaming game developed and published by Harebrained Schemes for iOS and Android devices.

Critics were split in their take on the hybrid of physical pieces and the digital app, with some seeing it as a boon and others as a detriment.

Golem Arcana is a two to eight-player miniature wargaming game that interfaces with a digital app through the use of a Bluetooth stylus.

[1][2][3] Players compete against one another in one of several scenario types, including eliminating the opponent's golems or capturing and holding a specific area of the map.

[3][4] Each player controls a number of physical miniatures called golems, which are placed on a game board built with interchangeable map tiles.

[3] Another type of card, known as relics, allow players to active special abilities including healing and resurrection.

A Bluetooth stylus that comes with the starter kit reads the dots to transmit information from the board to a mobile app.

Ancient Ones are cast using mana, which can be acquired in several ways, including when a golem that the player controls is defeated or though missions that appear in the app.

Players encounter missions, which provide optional objectives in exchange for victory points, while moving around the map.

Golem Arcana was announced in July 2013 in a blog post on developer Harebrained Schemes' website.

A post on the game's official blog indicated that, despite the strong critical reception, sales were not sufficient to justify the millions of dollars spent on development and production.

Writing for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Robert Florence praised the app for calculating variables like movement range and tracking statistics like health and ability cooldowns, but spoke of a disconnect caused by constantly shifting focus between the screen and the board.

[14] In an otherwise negative review, Chris Hutton of Tom's Guide praised the storyline and visuals, saying of the latter that "the colorful, interesting terrain created a unique universe".