The daily challenge
Every day there is a new island, the same for everyone who plays. You face three computer rivals at the Unbeatable level. Before the day's island went live, we played it from your seat in each of the computer's playstyles, and only one of them won. Your job is to find a way home.
How it works
- One island, everyone. The challenge has a number and a date, and everyone playing that day gets the same island, the same numbers and the same rivals. It changes at midnight, your time.
- Rivals who always play the same way. The Unbeatable computer plans deep and counters whoever leads, but it is deterministic: given the same board and the same moves, it does the same thing. So the challenge is a puzzle with an answer, not a lottery.
- Exactly one playstyle won. We simulated games from your seat with each of the computer's playstyles, from Builder to Road builder, and kept only islands where exactly one of them beat all three rivals. The challenge page says how many styles we tried and how many lost.
- Your own game. You don't have to copy that style move for move; it is a clue to what the island rewards. Any way you reach the target first counts.
Hints, streaks and sharing
Stuck? Show a hint names the playstyle that won and how many rounds it took. Using it is fine, but it shows on your result. The page keeps your record in this browser: today's tries, the islands you've solved and your streak of days in a row. Once you've played, Copy your result gives you a short line to paste anywhere, like this:
Dorfrivalen Daily #13 · 2026-11-20
🏆 Solved in 24 rounds
dorfrivalen.com
Tips for solving it
- Read the island first: which resources are rare, where the harbours are, and which numbers your starting corners could hold.
- Look at the three rivals' playstyles on the challenge page. Their plans tell you which corners and awards they will fight for.
- If a game goes wrong, start again. The rivals answer the same moves the same way, so each try teaches you something about the table.
- The strategy guide covers the openings, and how to play the rules.
Where to play it
The daily challenge is on the home page of dorfrivalen.com, in any browser with WebGPU, and in the Dorfrivalen Discord Activity, where you can share your result into the channel. It's free and needs no account.