Bombardment is played on a 8×8 board with the following setup:

Player take turn to make one of their do one of two things:

• move 1 orthogonal or diagonal step to an empty square closer to the enemy base
• detonate, killing all orthogonally and diagonally adjacent units

There are four possible endings:

• if you move into the opponent base, you win
• if you detonate and...
  • wipe out all units, the game is a draw
  • wipe out all enemies, you win
  • wipe out yourself, you lose