A house of games · Marv at the desk
ON AIR UNN PRIME · LIVE
CHESS OPEN · BRAWL + WORMS WARMING UP

A platform
for live games.

Live games in a browser tab, a 24-hour channel wrapped around them, all running at once.

No install, no app, no launcher. Open a tab, send a link, play.

PLAYERS ONLINE
GAMES TODAY
MATCHES PLAYED
KOS COUNTED
CITIES ON THE MAP
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01 / REAL-TIME

News, score, voice, chat — all moving.

The wire updates as the games do. Scores, KOs, voice rooms, chat — one socket, every surface, no refresh.

02 / ONE BROADCAST

THE STERLING DESK · 24/7

Marv Sterling anchors the only show on the network. Daily wire, overnight programme, viewer letters, sponsor slates — read on air.

03 / THREE LEADERBOARDS

Family, country, world — all at once.

Your name carries credits, trophies, and a streak across every game. Sign in once; the roster remembers.

04 / BROWSER-NATIVE

No install, no app, no launcher.

Open a tab. Send a link. Whoever clicks it lands in the room. Phones, laptops, headsets, the same tab.

SIGN IN TO UNCANNY

No sign-in needed to play. Sign in to claim a spot on three leaderboards — your family's, your country's, the world's — and unlock your /me dashboard.
01 / WHAT'S OPEN TONIGHT

On the bench.

CHESS · 1V1

UNCANNY CHESS

Real chess in 3D where the pieces walk, fight, and have something to say about it.

  • Standard FIDE rules
  • Multiplayer or bot
  • Live voice room
  • Custom piece sets
– at the board · QUIET
BRAWL · FREE-FOR-ALL

UNCANNY BRAWL

Four pieces, one ring, last one upright wins. Ring-outs count, KOs stack, streaks brag.

  • Four-player free-for-all
  • KO scoring + streaks
  • Persistent ladder
  • Pick your fighter
– in the ring · QUIET
WORMS · TURN-BASED

UNCANNY WORMS

Side-on artillery. Lob shells over destructible terrain. Drown a poem for whoever you sink.

  • Ranged shell physics
  • Destructible terrain
  • Drown poems on KO
  • Team versus team
– on the cliff · QUIET
METAVERSE · DUSK · LIVE

METAVERSE

A dusk-violet island in the void. Walk to the fire, see who's already there. Marv writes the daily wire — find him if you want to hear what's on his mind.

  • Walk · talk · sit
  • Marv, your AI islander
  • Voice + cam + chat
  • Drop your own props
OPEN — drop in · LIVE ON THE ISLAND
LAUNCH ›
02 / FROM THE DESK

What gets read on air.

"It is, for what it's worth, the only chess match I've called in seventeen years that ended with a poem."
— MARV STERLING · UNN PRIME · DESK
"Stayed up too late watching strangers lose at chess. Ten out of ten."
— A.K. · TOKYO · POSTCARD TO THE DESK
UNN AFTER HOURS · Programme Code H · Suitable for the chronically up.
— UNCANNY CLASSIFICATION BOARD
"It's not television. But it sounds like television."
— A VIEWER, UNVERIFIED
03 / IN DEVELOPMENT

What's coming.

  1. THE GAUNTLET Six pieces, one lap, 2d6 and a knife. Three-minute matches.
  2. UNCANNY BRAWL Four pieces, one ring, last one upright. KOs stack, streaks brag.
  3. UNCANNY WORMS Side-on artillery. Destructible terrain. Drown a poem on the kill.
  4. MORE ON THE BENCH We don't announce until we're sure. The wire moves faster than it reads.
MORE ARRIVING

Quiet on the bench.

The roster grows. Chess is open tonight; brawl and worms are warming up; more on the bench. We don't announce until we're sure, but the wire moves faster than it reads. If you're signed in, your name will be on the door when the next one opens.

TONIGHT'S CONTENDERS

Five names doing damage.

Pulling the wire…
JUST OFF THE BOARDS

Five names still warm.

Pulling the wire…
PLAY WITH YOUR PEOPLE

A kitchen table that fits any city.

Hit LAUNCH ROOM on any game and flip the toggle to PRIVATE. You get a link. Send it by text, by DM, by email, by carrier pigeon — whoever opens it lands in your room and nobody else does. No matchmaking, no strangers, no queue. It is a kid in one city, a grandparent in another, and a chessboard between them that just works.

  1. 01 LAUNCH ROOM Pick a game, hit the button.
  2. 02 FLIP TO PRIVATE Link-only, no drop-ins.
  3. 03 SEND THE LINK They click, they're in.
LATEST ART SETS

Pick the crew on the board.

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FAVOURED PIECE SETS

Whose crew walks the board.

Counting the crews…
14-DAY PULSE

The league heartbeat.

WHAT'S UNCANNY GAMES?

A platform for live games.

BROWSER-NATIVE

No installs, no launchers, no app store. Open a tab, share a link, play. Phones, laptops, headsets, the same tab.

VOICE + CHAT

One live voice room runs across every game, so you can talk trash, call shots, or just keep a friend company while you play.

INVITE-ONLY ROOMS

Every game card spins up a shareable link. Public lobbies for the world, private rooms for your people. The link is the door.

YOUR PIECES, YOURS

Sign in once. Your name, your bio, your avatar, and every piece set you own follow you across devices. Pink Fury comes free; more sets land as we ship them.