TANALI YENBEKOV
Designs the rules of the world and builds the interface you play it through.
Talk to the world.
Rewrite history.
A modern 4X on the 2027 world map, easy to pick up. Strike drones, missiles, air defense, electronic warfare. Talk to anyone, from your ministers to your own people, and change the course of history.
This is the real game.
Drag it. Zoom it. Every pixel is drawn by the game engine.
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People ask chatbots "what if?"
We made it playable.
5,000+ hours of 4X
Played between us. Diplomacy was always where these games broke.
The model speaks. The rules decide.
Language fixes diplomacy only if the model doesn't run the game.
Impossible until now
No game could do this before. The next great ones will.
Every strategy game gave you a menu. This one gives you a voice.
- 1. Propose an alliance.
- 2. Demand tribute.
- 3. Goodbye.
You can only say what the designer predicted you would want to say.
"Tell Ankara we'll back their gas pipeline at the summit if they keep their fleet out of the Black Sea."
"Who in your cabinet is pushing for the Russian deal?"
"We know about the drones you sold to Baku. Let's discuss what that's worth to you."
Say anything. The simulation works out what it means.
Talk to anyone.
From your cabinet to your own people.
The people
Each one has goals, loyalties and a memory of what you said.
HEADS OF STATEYOUR CABINETFOREIGN MINISTERSGENERALSAMBASSADORSSPY CHIEFSCENTRAL BANKSYOUR CITIZENSARMS MAKERSTHE PRESSREBEL MOVEMENTS ANYONE ELSE WHO MATTERS
Typed intent: actions, targets, terms
World state each actor is allowed to know
The world
A classic 4X engine. The same rules for every player.
TERRITORYARMIES, FLEETS, AIRECONOMY7 RESOURCESPRODUCTIONTECHNOLOGYTREATIESINTELLIGENCESUPPLY LINESCOMBAT
A classic 4X. Easy to pick up.
A chatbot with a mapAI characters, bolted onA tech demoA scripted story
A strategy game you play by talking, and win by thinking.
A small cabinet.
Two full-time founders who have known each other for two years. We worked together at Zimran and play games together.
BEXULTAN KARABAYEV
Builds the client: the map, the units and every screen you play on.
Claude talks. Jev judges.
The engine decides.
All of it runs in the current build. We also build the game itself with Claude Code.
A message
Plain English, to anyone in the world.
Claude
Plays every character. Knows only what they know and answers in their voice.
Jev
Turns the conversation into typed judgments: intent, terms, odds of a deal.
Rules engine
Deterministic 4X simulation. Resolves every order, deal and battle.
Questions.
What is Paper Borders?
Paper Borders is an AI geopolitical 4X strategy game. You lead a country on the 2027 world map and talk to leaders, ministers, generals and your own people in plain English, while a rules engine resolves every order, deal and battle.
Which AI does it use?
Claude by Anthropic plays every character. Jev by TypeSafe turns conversations into typed judgments the game can act on. Our own rules engine decides the outcome.
Is it a real 4X?
Yes. Territory, armies, fleets and air forces, seven resources, production, research and treaties, all resolved by deterministic rules.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. It runs in the browser on desktop and on phones.
When can I play?
There is a playable build now. Request early access and we'll email you when your seat is ready.