| Kards | |
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| Developer(s) | 1939 Games |
| Publisher(s) | 1939 Games |
| Designer(s) | Ivar Kristjánsson[1] Guðmundur Kristjánsson[2] |
| Engine | Unreal Engine |
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| Genre(s) | Digital collectible card game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Kards (stylized as KARDS) is a free-to-play World War 2-themed online digital collectible card game developed and published by 1939 Games. It was first released in early access on Steam on April 12, 2019 and was fully released 1 year later on April 15, 2020. Mobile ports are expected to be released in June 2020 with crossplay capabilities between platforms.
Gameplay
editThe turned-based collectible card game is played between two players, each with a deck of 40 cards themed around strategies of major and minor powers during World War 2: Nazi Germany, Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States of America, Imperial Japan, France, and Fascist Italy. For example, a German deck relies on Blitzkreig to overwhelm the opponent with tanks. The objective is to destroy the enemy's headquarters represented by a card on the board.
The playing field, called "battlefield" in-game, is divided into three fronts, the player's support line, front line, and the enemy's support line. Each front can hold up to five cards, but units must be deployed in the player's support line when played. In order to play cards, players expend a resource called Kredit that refreshes every turn, after which the maximum Kredit increases by one, up to 12. Kredits can also be used to move military units to the front line or to attack enemy units. Once a unit has been moved to the front line, they cannot retreat back unless forced to by certain cards. The front line can only be controlled by one player at a time, as such, whoever controls it has a strategic advantage on the battlefield.[3]
There are six unique classes of cards based on actual military units or military terms:
- Infantry - basic ground unit
- Artillery - can attack anywhere on the battlefield without receiving damage
- Tanks - can move and attack on the same turn
- Bombers - can attack anywhere on the battlefield without receiving damage (expect from fighters) but won't retaliate when attacked
- Fighters - can attack anywhere on the battlefield and prevent bombers from attacking targets on the same front
- Orders - triggers an effect when played, destroyed upon use
- Countermeasures - triggers an effect on next enemy's turn, destroyed upon use
Game modes
editPlayers can compete against a computer AI or against human opponents online based on a tiered-ranking system. Players' rank will reset after each one-month long season. Alternatively, players can play in a draft against other human players where they have to build a deck from scratch and use it until they win or lose a certain number of matches, after which they will earn a reward based on their performance.
Art
editThe game features card artwork in the style of WW2 enlistment posters and names of military units or vehicles on playing cards, with the cards' effects parallelling the function of its real-life counterparts.
Release
editReception
editReferences
edit- ^ Mellor, Imogen (2020-01-16). "Kards learns from Hearthstone's mistakes – and the history of WW2". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Dahlgren, Lisa (2020-02-24). "Playing Kards - The WWII Card Game with 1939 Games". GameReactor. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Kobek, Patrick (2019-12-03). "Kards Review: Storm The Beaches With This Innovative CCG". TheGamer. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
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External Links
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