Genre: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Kards: The WWII Card Game
Casual Battle: Now available!
Great news for all players that want to either take KARDS a bit more easily or that want to experiment with exciting new decks and strategies.
Based on excellent community feedback and own research from the KARDS team, you can now enjoy the new CASUAL BATTLE.
Casual Battle
Casual Battle allows you to simply play a match without any worries about the impact on the ladder. Matches played in Casual Battle have no effect on the seasonal ladder (no stars gained or lost); they are just for the pure fun of playing and experimenting with some crazy ideas.
When choosing a match (before you actually enter the battlefield), you can decide if you want to play it as a casual battle or not. It is that simple!
Try it out for yourself and play a couple matches right away!
"32nd Infantry Regiment" deployment effect doesn't work after returning it to the hand and playing again. Fixed.
The effect from "Critical Damage" wasn't removed when affected cards were removed from board. Fixed.
Enemy HQ receives damage from the "Me 410 Hornisse" trigger effect while his "15th Motor Rifles" is on the game board. Fixed
Several issues with "Confusion" have been fixed:
Units receive buff from enemy "Type 97 Chi-Ha" after it returned from the "Confusion" order to the enemy side. Fixed.
"Greater Purpose" order effect is triggered after unit destroyed with "Patrol" order. Fixed.
Enemy bomber still have buff from the "P-38 Lightning" after using "Confusion" order on it. Fixed
37 MM anti air artillery was giving permanent debuff to air units after switching sides by Confusion and destroyed. Fixed
"Royal Ulster Rifles" could prevent fatigue damage from damaging the HQ. Fixed.
"Type 95 Ha-Go" doesn't have attack animation when dealing damage to the ally HQ by "Trigger" effect. Fixed.
"Rush Production" was sometimes damaging units after being sent to hand by Airstrike. Fixed.
"Sea Patrol" wasn't resetting buff correctly after being sent to hand by MI5. fixed
Home Defense was sometimes not removing it's buff after the HQ gained defense over 10. Fixed.
The effect from "Greater Purpose" on cards wasn't staying on cards that had been taken control by the enemy. Fixed
Fixed "Remove Fury" to set correct attack left in same turn.
"Home Defense" was sometimes not removing it's buff after the HQ gained defense over 10. Fixed.
The effect from "Greater Purpose" on cards wasn't staying on cards that had been taken control by the enemy. Fixed.
Selecting a card with "Choose one card" got sometimes stuck in hand. Fixed
Dragging cards with "Choose one card" caused "Choose one card" to get stuck. Fixed.
Several translation bugs have been fixed in multiple languages.
UI improvements
Wildcards were added to "new cards" bubble. Fixed.
Improved the buff history to add multiple buffs from same card to one line.
The Game screen is blurred in the "collection" tab after opening the already created deck when creating the new deck. Fixed.
"Abort current run" campaign message overlapped by card reward. Fixed.
"Enemy draws a random card..." tooltip is cropped in the Basic tutorial. Fixed
Bug Fixes to specifically the AI and AI matches
Yamato was not working as intended. Fixed.
Effects from Critical Damage, Eastern Front and Reckless Assault werent removed from affected cards when removed from board. Fixed.
Eastern Front was only buffing one alpine unit instead of all. Fixed.
Bologna Regiment was sometimes increasing its kredit cost too much. Fixed
M4A1 was being triggered by Sendai. Fixed.
Sexton was repinning at AI's start of turn. Fixed.
Issues with Mobilization have been fixed.
Join the KARDS Bunker Chat this weekend!
Hello KARDS Community!
Join the KARDS team with the second Bunker Chat this year! Discover the latest news and explore together with your fellow players, developers, and friends what is coming to KARDS in the next days and weeks.
As usual, we have big topics for this chat. Here are some of the highlights:
New cards and expansions: When, what, how?
Feedback and review of the progression system revamp
Tournaments for you: How to join and what to win
Casual mode: When and how
There is, of course, a lot more to it. Especially considering that YOUR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK matter as we will be taking live questions from Twitch chat over on www.twitch.tv/kardsccg
We are looking forward to a fun and exciting Bunker Chat together with you.
February Officer Club Championship is this weekend!
Hey Kards community!
With Season 22, the first season of 2021, coming to a close and the ladder resetting, it's time to get to know the participants of the second Officer Club Championship of 2021. They will be playing for their share of the $1000 Prize pool.
The top 12 players on the ladder qualify for the Officer Club Championship, so let’s congratulate the following players for their qualification:
Jking7
AriBigBehn
Berto Burrito
CaptainA
辉辉呀
我叫李海峰
李海峰是我
ComTruise
Drogear
CCMS-031
toDIEisGAIN
Zilda
In this format, the top 4 players on the ladder are guaranteed a quarter final spot in the tournament while the remaining 8 players will face each other for the final 4 slots in the tournament.
The $ 1000 prize pool will be split in the following way:
1st place - $ 500
2nd place - $ 300
3rd place - $ 200
In the OCC players have to bring three decks from three different major nations and once a player wins a match using a certain deck in a series, they can not bring that deck again until the following round. This means that in order to win the tournament, the winning player will have to win with each of their decks, making each player only as strong as their weakest deck, surely making for some exciting and entertaining matches!
The Officers Club Championship (OCC) will take place on the 20th of February at 15:00 - 22:00 GMT. Join us for all the action and experience a unique insight into the highest level of play in KARDS.
Catch all the action live on www.twitch.tv/kardsccg , www.facebook.com/kardsccg our Youtube channel or the Steam store page.
KARDS Open: Singleton
Hello everyone!
It’s time for the next open competitive event in KARDS! In collaboration with 983 Media we proudly present The KARDS Open: Singleton!
The Kards Open: Singleton is a tournament with in game prizes and a special set of rules. In this tournament players are only allowed to bring a single copy of any card in their deck. This means that each deck will have to contain 39 unique cards from the main and ally nations!
This is the second open tournament of February. You can also see the competitive calendar for February, March and April here.
We complete this update with a sizable card rebalance, which also touches on the Resistance gameplay.
The new National Progression delivers rewards more frequently and helps you to create competitive decks much faster. Wildcards allow you to build up your collection in a much more streamlined and enjoyable way. The new seasonal ladder is decoupled from the national progression, thus reducing the pressure to rank up in several nations at once.
Plus: Every player got at least 2 Officer Packs for free!
This new system replaces the old achievements and gives you a reward track for each respective nation. Playing a nation will now yield faster and more consistent rewards, advancing the nation's progression path each match, including PvE!
The new wildcards replace the current system of resources. In the new system, you use wildcards to create your new cards. This allows you to progress much faster in a nation you are focusing on; it also allows us to be much more generous with nation-specific rewards. Gold cards will become prestige items.
The new ladder features a unified system as we drop the nation-specific aspect of it. Whenever you win matches, you will gain a star in this new ladder regardless of the nation you have played.
Your existing resources have been doubled and converted into wildcards. Achievements got converted to the new system and instantly completed there - as far as possible. You got 2 Officer packs. And you have received the seasonal rewards (due to the short season in February).
Simply log in and check out all your goodies!
Card balance changes
This update arrives with a total of 13 card changes, including a significant update to the infamous French Resistance card.
With these changes, we open the gates to strategies never seen before and lay the foundation for future work.
KARDS developer Olikrummi and player expert Darkness walk us through all the changes and their potential. Join us and explore these changes:
As part of our core progression systems' full revamp, we have also substantially beefed up the in-game Welcome Offer. This Welcome Offer has a fantastic discount and is the perfect tool to kickstart your career.
The new Welcome Offer now contains 2 Officer Packs and 7 Standard packs, and comes with a 48% discount and 12 Bonus wildcards!
The best? Everyone can purchase the new Welcome Offer again - even if you took advantage and already purchased the original one.
The current season in KARDS ends on February 10th with introducing the new progression systems - including a new seasonal ladder.
Use the time until February 10th to get the maximum rewards!
On February 10th, the current season will end, and you will receive the rewards for your efforts on the ladder so far - the more stars you have received, the higher the rewards.
Then, with the new ladder system arriving on the 10th, you can climb up the ranks again. Receive rewards once more for your finishing position on the new ladder at the end of February.
Special Opportunity ahead!
With the arrival of new progression systems on the 10th, we will also upgrade the in-game Welcome Offer. The Welcome Offer is a fantastic one-time opportunity to get card packs with a massive discount - available only once per account.
To celebrate the new progression systems, we allow everyone to also purchase the new Welcome Offer as soon as it becomes available. So, if you haven't already taken advantage of the Welcome Offer - do it right away and then once more after the 10th.
See you on the KARDS battlefield!
Resistance is Futile
Hello friends!
A new month, a new dev blog, new progression system on the horizon and a new ladder to climb. Life is Great! As in the last balance patch dev blog, we are organizing the changes into three categories - nerfs, buffs to underused cards and strategic buffs. Refer to the last blog for a brief explanation on each category.
The balance changes will go out on the 10th of February, alongside all the changes to the progression and ladder systems, just in time for grinding the new ranks.
Overall, the current meta is in a pretty healthy state - no single deck is over performing and there are many viable decks out there to play with. Still, we want to nudge a few things in slightly different directions and give players a few more tools to deal with possible shifts in the meta. Without further ado, let’s dive in.
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Nerfed cards
Seaforth Highlanders, more like Seaworth Highrollers, amIright? No? Okok, we are killing one of them off, so now only 7 Highlanders remain. There can be only one Seaforth Highlander.
We’ve contemplated this change for a long time, but didn’t want to pull the trigger until we were sure Japan control had legs to stand on. Now that the legs are in place, we are reducing the attack to 2, making this card exactly like East Surrey Regiment. Well, it costs one more and has 2 in operation cost, and it has a destruction ability and different name and nationality. But otherwise EXACTLY like East Surrey Regiment.
The Ki-83 has become a common sight on the Kards battlefields, so common in fact that seeing one comes as a surprise to asbolutely no one. Which makes it impossible for it to ambush anything, so this fact is being reflected here.
The Expeditionary Corps has decent stats, especially when taking into account that it frequently denies the enemy a draw ala Panther A. This has led to it showing up even in decks with just a slight resistance theme. So we’ve decided to tone it down a bit.
Resistance has been one of the more polarizing strategies in Kards, with a large portion of the player base either firmly entrenched in the love or hate camp. Due to this, we haven’t really been able to explore the mechanic fully. By tuning it down, we are hoping to open up the opportunity to develop resistance further in the future.
Buff to underused cards
The imposing KV-2 has many things going for it, but finding itself in decks is not one of them. We’re hoping this changes with this change, as it is such a unique beast. After all, Heavy Armor 2 is nothing to sneeze at (we tried, didn’t make a dent).
The Marauder has an ability that can be extremely strong in the right matchups, but not really the body to back it up. We’re not anticipating any major shifts due to this change, but at least it now offers a bit better returns on the investment, when the right type of deck comes along.
Home Defense rarely sees play because for some reason players tend not to build decks aimed at losing. Dropping the cost makes this card much more appealing even when paying full cost and gives insane value with the discount. Remember kids, don’t leave home without some defense.
Poor Bologna Regiment. It always sets out with such high hopes, but then fellow soldiers start dying and they become depressed and despondent and very un-eager to join the fray. Well, through intense psychotherapy we have strengthened its backbone. Lets see if it is enough for them to finally see some action in some sort of an Italian control deck.
Buffed for strategic reasons
The National Fire Service can be a lifesaver if you find yourself in an environment full of decks aiming to kill you in one huge swing. It can also buy slower decks a lot of time, so offers excellent service in the right decks.
German blitz tank decks need a little bit of love. We don’t want to strengthen their early game too much, as that can be very swingy, but this change to the Panzer III-E gives the small tanks much greater punching power in the mid to late game, where they have traditionally suffered.
Many Soviet decks have excellent late game, but lack a little bit in ways to defend themselves early on. Being able to utilize the two T-70s better makes it a much better tool for many of these decks.
We wanted to give players a tool to use against decks that are pumping the attacks of their units. This will of course not stop them the turn they are pumped, so Overwhelming Force is a little bit limited in nature. But at 0 cost and being able to remove many other annoying keywords, it is now a much more flexible tool than before.
That is all. As stated before, these changes will hit on the 10th, so until then, put your theorycrafting hat on (I hear it is made of foil) and hit the battlefield on the 10th with an edge. Please let us know what you think, your thoughts are invaluable to us.
See you on the battlefield, commander!
KARDS Open IV
Hello KARDS community!
The other day we shared with you the competitive calendar for the first few months of the year. Now it’s time for the first KARDS Open of 2021 and we can’t wait!
1939 Games presents the Kards Open - IV powered by 983 Media. In this tournament, you bring your two best decks to the battlefield and fight for the top with a $1000 prize pool. Who will reign supreme as the ultimate tactician? Join the fight with Swiss rounds spread across two days (February 6th and 7th). Then, the qualifying Top 8 finishers will battle for the prize pool on February 14th, on the KARDS Twitch channel www.twitch.tv/kardsccg.
For more information Join the 983 Discord: https://discord.gg/dAbfkYF or sign up and check out all the details on the tournament here:
Will we see the old guard at the top again in 2021 or can the new dogs take a bite for themselves? Sign up and put your name on the pages of KARDS history!
FORMAT
Bring two decks from two different main nations (HQ)
No bans.
Best of Three Conquest
Day I: first rounds of Swiss play (amount of swiss rounds pending final entries)
Day II: Second half of Swiss play (amount of swiss rounds pending final entries)
Day III: Top 16 Single Elimination Bracket - Best of three with three decks and one ban.
IMPORTANT: You will NOT need to submit your decks for the Swiss rounds. Top 16 qualifiers at the end of swiss weekend will need to submit 3 deck lists.
About the tournament:
The KARDS Open - IV will feature a 1000$ Prize pool as well as in game items and is completely open for everyone with free registration. Prizes will be distributed in the following way:
1st - $400 + 30 Packs
2nd - $250 + 30 Packs
3rd - $200 + 30 Packs
4th - $150 + 30 Packs
5th-8th - 30 Packs
Get your decks at the ready!
Short season ahead!
Significant changes are coming to KARDS on February 10th:
This means that the current season will end early on February 10th. This also means that you'll receive all the seasonal rewards you have earned by then.
There is more to it! Changing to the new systems will give you a lot of free stuff. The transition to the new systems will happen on February 10th - and that means a lot of goodies for you!
On February 10th, we are going to:
End the current season and give you all the seasonal rewards you have qualified for by then
Double your existing resources
Convert your resources automatically into free wildcards
Deliver 2 Officer packs for free
Convert your achievements to the new national progression system - and instantly give you the rewards of the new system again
We strongly recommend discovering all the upcoming changes, learning how the new systems work, and how you will benefit from the changes:
(Edit on Feb 8: Above image has been updated with the latest in-game example screenshot)
This new system replaces the old achievements and gives you a reward track for each respective nation. Playing a nation will result in much more frequent rewards now (every few matches, including PVE)!
The new wildcards replace the current system of resources. In the new system, you use wildcards to create your new cards. This allows you to progress much faster in a nation you are focusing on; it also allows us to be much more generous with nation-specific rewards. Gold cards will become vanity items.
The new ladder features a unified system as we drop the nation-specific aspect of it. Whenever you win matches, you will gain a star in this new ladder regardless of the nation you have played.
You will receive a lot of free items during this transition. Your existing resources will be doubled and converted into wildcards. Achievements will be converted to the new system and instantly completed as far as possible. You will get Officer packs. You will receive your seasonal rewards.
Use the remaining time till February 10th to complete more achievements, collect additional resources, and get to the Officer Club to maximize your rewards!
KARDS Tournament Calendar
Hello everyone!
In 2020 we started hosting monthly Officer Club Championships and introduced the KARDS Open as new competitive options outside of the annual world championship. Today I am thrilled to share with you all an update to our competitive plan for the next 5 months.
We at 1939 Games believe that competitive play is core to the gaming experience around card games, and we are committed to serving our engaged players with fun and frequent opportunities to engage in competitive play. To accomplish this, 1939 Games has partnered with 983 Media on hosting two open tournaments for at least the next 5 months.
This is on top of the Officer Club Championship, that will keep its place, and any community competitions that might be organized!
So what will these tournaments look like?
For the first and second weekend of each month we will host a standard format KARDS Open, with a 1000$ prize pool along with in game prizes. Entry is free and open to everyone.
In this tournament we play through a Swiss round during the first weekend and then finish the tournament with a single elimination bracket during the second weekend. Players bring three decks from three different main nations with one deck ban before each series.
For the third and fourth weekend we will host another KARDS Open with an experimental format and new rules. Formats include:
Singleton - Only one copy of each card
Monodecks - No cards from ally nations
Pauper - No Elite or Special cards
Pre-made decks or Starter decks
And many more!
For this tournament there is no cash prize, but only in game prizes. This tournament is thought of as more beginner friendly and focuses on fun alongside the competition. We highly encourage newer players to participate in these events, get to know their fellow KARDS players in the community and possibly take a jump up in building their collection with a win in the tournament.
The top 8 from all tournaments will be broadcast to our Twitch channel with live casters!
Here is the full tournament schedule for the next 3 months!
One more thing!
You might have noticed March will be slightly different from the other months this year, instead of doing the two open tournaments like normal, we will host a KARDS Open mini tournament week! A week filled with small (4-8 person) tournaments, with in game prizes and a qualification spot for the main event at the end of the week up for grabs! Stay tuned for more details!
This is a part of our exploration into tournaments as a way to play in KARDS, so we will be looking for your feedback to take into consideration when making future tournament features.
Sounds exciting! TELL ME MORE!
Alright! Hold your horses! For all you planners out there that want to start blocking out your tournament weekends already, here is the KARDS Competitive Calendar until the end of June this year:
For all further information or inquiries about the KARDS Open events, please join the 983 Media Discord server: discord.gg/dAbfkYF
